Victoria Award

The Victoria Award (Swedish: Victoriapriset), earlier called the Victoria Scholarship[1] (Swedish: Victoriastipendiet) is awarded to a Swedish athlete or pair of athletes every year since 1979. It is awarded on Öland, on 14 July. That day is the birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.

Victoria Award
Victoria of Sweden
Descriptionsporing award
Date14 July 1979 (1979-07-14)
LocationBorgholm
CountrySweden
Presented byVictoria of Sweden
Websitehttps://victoriadagarna.se/victoriapriset/ Edit this on Wikidata

Recipients of the Victoria Award
YearRecipientSport
1979Ingemar Stenmarkalpine skiing
1980Stefan Perssonice hockey
1981Linda Haglundtrack and field
1982Tomas Gustafsonspeed skating
1983Stig Strandalpine skiing
1984Gunde Svancross-country skiing
1985Patrik Sjöbergtrack and field
1986Torbjörn Nilssonassociation football
1987Tomas Johanssonwrestling
1988Tomas Gustafsonspeed skating
1989Jan-Ove Waldnertable tennis
1990Mikael Appelgrentable tennis
1991Pernilla Wibergalpine skiing
1992Jörgen Perssontable tennis
1993Torgny Mogrencross-country skiing
1994Peter Forsbergice hockey
1995Tomas Brolinassociation football
1996Sara Wedlundtrack and field
1997Agneta Andersson and
Susanne Gunnarsson		canoe racing
1998Magdalena Forsbergbiathlon
1999Lars Frölanderswimming
2000Therese Alshammarswimming
2001Mikael Ljungbergwrestling
2002Magnus Wislanderteam handball
2003Carolina Klüfttrack and field
2004Anja Pärsonalpine skiing
2005Stefan Holm and
Christian Olsson		track and field
2006Anna Carin Olofsson and
Björn Lind		biathlon
cross-country skiing
2007Henrik Larssonassociation football
2008Susanna Kallurtrack and field
2009Helena Jonssonbiathlon
2010Charlotte Kallacross-country skiing
2011Henrik Sedin and
Daniel Sedin		ice hockey
2012Anette Norbergcurling
2013Johan Olssoncross-country skiing
2014Sweden men's and Sweden women's relay teamscross-country skiing
2015Sarah Sjöströmswimming[2]
2016Henrik Lundqvistice hockey
2017Jenny Rissvedsmountainbiking
2018Stina Nilssoncross-country skiing
2019Hanna Öbergbiathlon[3]
2020Armand DuplantisPole vault[4]
2021Nils van der PoelSpeed skating
2022Ebba Årsjöalpine skiing[5]

References
  1. "The Crown Princess' birthday celebrations". Swedish Royal Court. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". DN.SE. 1 June 2015.
  3. Ibraheem Alsalman (3 June 2019). "Hanna Öberg får Victoriapriset" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. tellerreport (10 June 2020). "Duplantis Victoria Scholarship". Sportbladet. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. Eliott Brennan (8 June 2022). "Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

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