The association annually awards the international (
Bjørnsonprisen) which includes a cash award of 100,000 kroner (approximately €10,000). Recipients of the award: • 2004 –
Vivian Fouad and
Samir Morcos (
Egypt), for promotion of relations between
Muslims and Christians. • 2005 –
Esma Redzepova (
Republic of Macedonia), for championing the
Roma people (gypsies). • 2006 –
Hrant Dink, Editor-in-Chief of the Armenian bi-lingual weekly paper
Agos (
Istanbul). • 2007 –
Adunis (pen name for
Ali Ahmad Said Asbar), Syrian poet. • 2008 –
Ola Larsmo, Swedish writer. • 2009 –
Grigory Pomerants and
Zinaida Mirkina, Russian philosophers and writers. • 2010 –
Milan Richter (Slovakia) and
Einar Már Guðmundsson (Iceland), writers. • 2011 –
Ola Didrik Saugstad and
Marte Wexelsen Goksøyr. • 2012 – Bishop
Thomas of al-Qusiyya and Mair,
Wojoud Mejalli and
David Zonsheine, human rights activists from Egypt, Yemen and Israel. • 2013 –
Yaşar Kemal, Turkish author. • 2014 –
Kristin Solberg, Norwegian journalist and author. • 2015 –
Edward Snowden, whistleblower. • 2016 – , Norwegian children's rights activist. • 2017 –
Bruce Springsteen • 2018 –
Johannes Anyuru, Swedish poet and author. • 2019 –
Carsten Jensen, Danish author and political columnist. • 2020 –
Maja Lunde, Norwegian writer. • 2021 –
Sara Omar, Danish-Kurdish author, human rights activist, and poet. • 2022 –
Niviaq Korneliussen, Greenlandic writer. • 2023 –
Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian freelance journalist and writer. • 2024 – , Danish poet. • 2025 –
Sofi Oksanen, Finnish writer and playwright. The prize ceremony is held in the autumn in conjunction with the annual seminar held at the historic Bjørnson house in Molde. ==References==