Fashion show by Henrik Vibskov. Photo Carsten Snejbjerg, Polfoto.
Photo Carsten Snejbjerg

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2011 to Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov

The Röhsska Museum's Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize Committee, with funds from the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations, awarded this year's prize of SEK 1 million to Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov.

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2011-11-04

The award committee's motivation

"The Dane Henrik Vibskov is the 2011 recipient of the Torsten & Wanja Söderberg Award. He has long delivered fashion design with good function for a young demanding audience and created designs for industrial production for an international market. With his fashion shows and independent projects, Henrik Vibskov is a significant avant-gardist in the fashion industry. With elements such as music, installations and performance, he creates with great artistic confidence.

Vibskov is primarily a menswear designer, but also produces innovative women's fashion and collections of practical and fashionable accessories, and is a frequent lecturer and jury member at several institutions in Europe."

Fashion show by Henrik Vibskov. Photo Carsten Snejbjerg, Polfoto.
Fashion show by Henrik Vibskov. Photo Carsten Snejbjerg, Polfoto.

The prize was awarded at a ceremony in Gothenburg on November 4, 2011. A selection of Henrik Vibskov's works was shown in a separate exhibition at the Röhsska Museum from November 5, 2011 to February 2012.

documentary film

The award ceremony saw the premiere of a documentary film about Henrik Vibskov made by Stavfel produktion.

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