Scandinavian Awards

DANSKE FILATELISTERS FÆLLESFOND - THE DANISH PHILATELISTS COMMON FOUNDATION'S AWARD

This honor is normally presented to people who demonstrate outstanding contributions to Danish Philately.

In the period 1984-2004 the Foundation awarded the ROBERT BECHSGAARD MEMORIAL CUP - a large silver cup with inscription of the recipients names, accompanied by a medal and grant of 10,000 DKK. The recipients were from Denmark unless otherwise stated.

  • 1984 Domus Philatelia Jutlandia
  • 1985 Tage Buntzen*
  • 1986 Erik Jensen
  • 1987 Børge Schäeffer*
  • 1988 Børge Lundh*
  • 1989 Niels Klottrup*
  • 1990 Henning Kaaber*
  • 1991 Svend Wiegand Hansen*
  • 1992 Arno Debo*, Germany
  • 1993 Hans Ehlern Jessen*
  • 1994 Czeslaw Slania*, Sweden
  • 1995 Tom Plovst*
  • 1996 Lasse Nielsen
  • 1998 Ole Maintz
  • 1999 Knud Mohr*
  • 2000 Lis Birkedal
  • 2001 Toke Nørby*
  • 2003 Jørgen Jørgensen*
  • 2004 Margit Juhl Ottesen

In 2005 and in the future, The Danish Philatelists Common Foundation's Honorable Award is a silver stamp box with the name of the awardee and it is accompanied by a grant of 10,000 DKK. This honor is also normally presented once a year. (The recipients are from Denmark unless otherwise stated):

  • 2005 Karsten Jensen
  • 2006 Hans Jørgen Høy
  • 2007 Vagn Jensen*
  • 2008 Carl Erling Jørgensen*
  • 2009 Holger Carstensen*
  • 2011 Erik Menne Larsen*
  • 2012 Ole Steen Jacobsen*
  • 2013 Poul Ebbe Meyer
  • 2014 Otto Kjærgaard
  • 2017 Ib Krarup Rasmussen
  • 2019 Hans Schønning

* deceased

DANMARK-MEDAILLEN - DENMARK

The Danmark-Medaille was established at the congress in 1935 in Odense by Danmarks Filatelist-Union (now Danmarks Filatelist Forbund). It is presented to those who have made an outstanding contribution to Danish philately. (The recipients are all from Denmark).

  • 1937 P. Schrøder*
  • 1937 Chr. Schmidt*
  • 1939 Johannes Nielsen*
  • 1946 G. A. Hagemann*, Sweden
  • 1946 Thorvald Ethelberg*
  • 1956 Martin Jørgensen*, Sweden
  • 1956 Svend Graae Rasmussen*
  • 1959 Aage Tholl*
  • 1959 Jacob Engel*
  • 1966 V. C. Nielsen*
  • 1968 J. Schmidt-Andersen*
  • 1969 Svend Grønlund*
  • 1970 Karlo Lindskog*
  • 1971 Stig Andersen*
  • 1973 Tage Buntzen*
  • 1974 Otto Ustrup*
  • 1977 Tom Plovst*
  • 1990 Børge Lundh*
  • 1992 Knud Mohr*
  • 1994 Hans Ehlern Jessen*
  • 1996 Oluf Pedersen*
  • 1998 Kaj Dagfinn Nielsen*
  • 2004 Anker Bloch Rudbeck*
  • 2005 Carl E. Jørgensen*
  • 2010 Erik Jensen
  • 2012 Erik Hvidberg Hansen*
  • 2012 Kurt Hansen
  • 2012 Lasse Nielsen
  • 2013 Erik Menne Larsen*
  • 2013 Toke Nørby*
  • 2014 Ib Krarup Rasmussen
  • 2015 Ole Maintz
  • 2015 Jan Bendix
  • 2016 Otto Kjærgaard
  • 2017 Torben Hjørne
  • 2018 Kristian Hopballe
  • 2018 Hans Schønning
  • 2020 Jørgen Jørgensen*
  • 2021 Karsten Jensen
  • 2021 Henrik Mouritsen

* deceased

THE DANISH PHILATELIC FEDERATION'S MEDAL OF HONOR FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE: "THE GOLDEN PIN"

This award was introduced in 1988 and is intended for persons who have:

  1. Served for a long time in the Danish Philatelic Federation
  2. Served as president for one of the Federation's clubs in an outstanding way and have done work for the Federation

    or

  3. Done an outstanding job at the international level for philately in general.

The award is be recommended by a member of the board of the Danish Philatelic Federation or one of the Danish Federation's contact persons. (The recipients are from Denmark unless otherwise stated). Awards have been made to date to the following:

  • 1988 Tage Buntzen*, H. B. Sørensen*, Karlo Lindskog*
  • 1989 Arne Dahl*, Knud Mohr*, Palle Laursen*
  • 1990 Knud Juul*, Jesper Haff*, George B. Lindberg* (S), Leon Larsen, Kaj Vagnkjær*
  • 1991 Ib Eichner Larsen*
  • 1992 Sven Lund*, Ingvar Larsen*, Tom Plovst*
  • 1994 Ladislav Dvoracek (Cz), Anneliese Møller*, Jens P. Jørgensen*
  • 1996 Ib Kristensen*
  • 2002 Tage Bøcher Knudsen
  • 2004 Niels Valdal
  • 2006 Lis Birkedal
  • 2007 Toke Nørby*
  • 2008 Erik Vermeij
  • 2011 Gert Guttenberg
  • 2014 Jørn Walther Pedersen, Peter Kristen Højgaard Bech
  • 2015 Leif Ørndorf
  • 2016 Jørgen Jørgensen*
  • 2016 Søren Christian Jensen
  • 2017 Finn Strøimann
  • 2017 Karsten Jensen
  • 2017 Per Friis Mortensen
  • 2018 Hans Urbak
  • 2018 Erik Sørensen
  • 2022 Otto Kjærgaard

*deceased

STRANDELL MEDALJEN - SWEDEN

The Strandell Medal was named after the important Swedish philatelist Nils Strandell, and was established in 1961 by Sveriges Filatelist Förbund. Strandell himself was the first recipient of the award. It is presented to those who have distinguished themselves nationally and/or internationally in service to philately. (The recipients are from Sweden unless otherwise stated).

  • 1961 Nils Strandell*
  • 1961 Herman Schultz-Steinheil*
  • 1961 Georg Menzinsky*
  • 1962 Nils Westberg*
  • 1963 Hugo Sjöberg*
  • 1963 Sir John Wilson, UK*
  • 1964 Sven Åkerstedt*
  • 1965 Per Sjöman*
  • 1966 Curt Haij*
  • 1967 Olle Cronsjö*
  • 1967 George B. Lindberg*
  • 1967 Henry Robert Holmes, UK*
  • 1969 Sigurd Ringström*
  • 1970 Sten Christensen*
  • 1971 Mario Diena, Italy*
  • 1972 Lennart Angerfors
  • 1974 Karl-Erik Stenberg*
  • 1977 Gunnar Sandberg*
  • 1980 Gösta Hedbom
  • 1986 Franz Obermüller*
  • 1986 Tage Buntzen, Denmark*
  • 1986 Elmar Ojaste*
  • 1987 Börje Wallberg*
  • 1987 Donnar A. Dromberg, Finland*
  • 1988 Bo Erik Stavenow*
  • 1990 Hugo Josefsson
  • 1990 Lauson H. Stone, USA*
  • 1991 Karl Borin*
  • 1992 Erland Brand
  • 1993 Børge Lundh, Denmark*
  • 1995 Erik Lindgren
  • 1996 Gunnar Dahlvig
  • 1998 Gustaf Johansson
  • 1998 Jan Billgren
  • 2000 Bertil I. Larsson
  • 2000 Knud Mohr, Denmark*
  • 2002 Roland Frahm*
  • 2002 Hasse F. Brockenhuus von Löwenhielm
  • 2004 Åke Torkelstam
  • 2004 Rune Almqvist
  • 2006 Erik Hamberg
  • 2006 Gunnar Nilsson
  • 2008 Lennart Daun
  • 2008 Lennart Ivarsson
  • 2010 Ingvar Larsson*
  • 2010 Jonas Hällström
  • 2012 Jan Berg
  • 2014 Gustav Douglas
  • 2016 Bengt Bengtsson
  • 2018 Fredrik Ydell
  • 2020 Christer Brunström
  • 2020 Kjell Nilsson
  • 2022 Jan-Olof Ljungh

* deceased

TRELLEBORG MEDALJEN - SWEDEN

The Trelleborg Philatelic Society (Trelleborgs Filatelist-Sällskap) awards a medal and 5000 Kr grant for major books on Nordic philately. (See article by Bo Stavenow on page 126 of the April 2002 issue of SFF's filatelisten).

  • 1986 Kristian Hopballe, Denmark - De nordatlantiske områder Färöerne, Island och Grönland under anden Verdenskrig - postalt sett
  • 1989 Anders Emmerfors, Sweden - Helsingfors Stadspost
  • 1992 Mats Gustafsson, Sweden - Tjänstefrimärke i stort format 1874-1910
  • 1995 Lasse Nielsen, Denmark - 4 Skilling 1864
  • 1997 Erling Johan Aune and Kristian Aune, Norway - Norske innenrikske Portotakster & Gebyrer 1877-1995
  • 199? Ólafur Elíasson, Iceland - Islands posthistoria
  • 2001 Lennart Ivarsson, Sweden - Brevportot i Sverige 1786-1930
  • 2010 Seija-Riita Laakso, Finland - Across the Oceans: Development of Overseas Business Information Tranmission 1815-1875
  • 2014 Lars Liwendahl, Sweden – Dalarö: En post- och kulturhistorisk vandring under fem sekler
  • 2014 Søren Chr. Jensen, Denmark – Posthuse og Plovmænd
  • 2018 Ib Krarup Rasmussen, Denmark - Dansk pakkepost til udlandet
  • 2022 Henrik Mouritsen, Germany – Dansk Posthistsorie 1875-1907

ANDERSSEN-DETHLOFF MEDAL - NORWAY

This award was created in 1942 in honor of Justus Anderssen and Henrik Dethloff, the two philatelists who prepared the first Norwegian handbooks.  This award is considered the highest distinction in Norwegian philately.

  • 1949 Abraham Odfjell
  • 1961 Nils Strandel 
  • 1961 Sir John Wilson
  • 1966 Arnstein Berntsen
  • 1966 Per Gellein
  • 1966 Dan Thune-Larsen
  • 1974 Svend Wiegand Hansen
  • 1974 Carl H. Werenskiold
  • 1974 Tron Soot-Ryen
  • 1974 Arne Bye
  • 1986 Arne Thune-Larsen
  • 1986 Harry Snarvold
  • 1986 F.C. Moldenhauer Jr.
  • 1986 Leiv A. Brecke
  • 1991 Paul H. Jensen
  • 1991 Edw. Chr. Hannevig
  • 1991 Tore Gjelsvik
  • 1991 Bjørn E. Bunæs
  • 1996 Karl U. Sanne
  • 2001 Peer-Christian Ånensen
  • 2006 Frederick A. Brofos
  • 2006 Anders Langangen
  • 2006 Wilfred Wasenden
  • 2011 Ivar Sundsbø
  • 2011 Erik Lørdahl
  • 2011 Leif Erik Loe
  • 2021 Arvid Løhre
  • 2021 Odd Arve Kvinnesland
  • 2021 Trond Schumacher
  • 2021 Georg Størmer
  • 2021 John Torstad