The King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research is a research award given annually by the Norwegian Cancer Society to a researcher who has distinguished himself through his scientific contributions to Norwegian cancer research. It was established in 1992.
Recipients Source: Norwegian Cancer Society (Norwegian) Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
1992 – Per Magne Ueland, Institute of Pharmacology of the University of Bergen. 1993 – Terje Espevik, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 1994 – Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Department of Genetics, Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 1995 – Stein-Ove Døskeland, Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Bergen. 1996 – Rune Blomhoff, Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo. 1997 – Sophie D. Fosså, Oncology Department, Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 1998 – Kirsten Sandvig, Department of Biochemistry of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 1999 – Per Eystein Lønning, Department of Cancer of Haukeland University Hospital. 2000 – Anders Waage, Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the NTNU. 2001 – Erling Seeberg, Microbiological Institute of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 2002 – Eiliv Lund, Institute for Society Medicine of the University of Tromsø. 2003 – Sjur Olsnes, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 2004 – Erlend B. Smeland, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. 2005 – Stein Kaasa, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU 2006 – Øystein Fodstad, Department for Tumour Biology of the Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet 2007 – Ragnhild A. Lothe, Department for Cancer Prevention of the Institute for Cancer Research, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet 2008 – Hans Einar Krokan, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of NTNU 2009 – Lars A. Akslen, Gades Institute of the University of Bergen and Haukeland University 2010 – Lars Vatten, NTNU 2011 – Sverre Heim, Cytogenetic Cancer Section, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet 2012 – Claes Göran Tropé, Department of Gynecological Cancer, Oslo University, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet 2013 – Olav Dahl, Haukeland University Hospital 2014 – Harald Stenmark, University of Oslo 2015 – Rolf Bjerkvig, University of Bergen 2016 - Kjetil Taskén, University of Oslo 2017 - Per Ottar Seglen, University of Oslo 2018 - Vessela Kristensen, University of Oslo 2019 - Anne Simonsen; Norwegian Breast Cancer Group (NBCG) (two prizewinners) 2020 - Bjarne Bogen, University of Oslo 2021 - Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, University of Bergen
See also List of medicine awards List of prizes named after people
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Based on equivalent article on Norwegian wiki