Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize

The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize recognized innovation and excellence in craft and design and was awarded by the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg for 25 years.

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize

The entrance to the Röhsska Museum at the 2018 prize-winning exhibition, photo Hendrik Zeitl.

The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Nordic Prize in Design and Crafts was established by the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations to mark the 100th anniversary of Torsten Söderberg's birth on November 4, 1894. From 2014, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation was the sole sponsor of the prize.

The award highlighted innovation and excellence in craft and design over 25 years, 1994-2018.

The prize money of SEK 1 million was awarded to a person working in one of the Nordic countries and the winner was given the opportunity to create their own exhibition at the Röhsska Museum.

The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize was the largest design prize in the world, with the winner chosen by a prize committee and awarded annually. The jury consisted of the director of the Röhsska Museum (chairman), representatives of the five Nordic countries (usually the heads of the Nordic design museums) and, for many years, the late former chairman of the Foundation, Tomas Söderberg.

Recipients
2018 Brynjar Sigurðarson
2017 Daniel Rybakken
2016 Margrethe Odgaard
2015 Ilkka Suppanen
2014 Ann-Sofie Back
2013 Hjalti Karlsson
2012 Sigurd Bronger
2011 Henrik Vibskov
2010 Front: Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, Anna Lindgren
2009 Harri Koskinen
2008 Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
2007 Norway Says: Torbjørn Anderssen, Andreas Engesvik, Espen Voll
2006 Ole Jensen
2005 The group behind Volvo YCC (Your Concept Car)
2004 Janna Syvänoja
2003 Sigurður Gústafsson
2002 H.C. Ericsson
2001 Björn Dahlström
2000 Peter Opsvik
1999 Nordic critics:
Kaj Kalin, John Vedel-Riper, Jorunn Veiteberg, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson, Kerstin Wickmann

1998 Louise Sass
1997 Mats Theselius
1996 Brita Flander
1995 Liv Blåvarp
1994 Jane Reumert

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