Victoria Award

Swedish award for athletic achievement

Victoria Award

Victoria of Sweden

Awarded for| sporting award
Date| 14 July 1979 (1979-07-14)
Location| Borgholm
Country| Sweden
Presented by| Victoria of Sweden
Website| https://victoriadagarna.se/victoriapriset/

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, on Öland, on the 14 July, the birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.

## Recipients of the Victoria Award

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Year | Recipient | Sport

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1979 | Ingemar Stenmark | alpine skiing
1980 | Stefan Persson | ice hockey
1981 | Linda Haglund | track and field
1982 | Tomas Gustafson | speed skating
1983 | Stig Strand | alpine skiing
1984 | Gunde Svan | cross-country skiing
1985 | Patrik Sjöberg | track and field
1986 | Torbjörn Nilsson | association football
1987 | Tomas Johansson | wrestling
1988 | Tomas Gustafson | speed skating
1989 | Jan-Ove Waldner | table tennis
1990 | Mikael Appelgren | table tennis
1991 | Pernilla Wiberg | alpine skiing
1992 | Jörgen Persson | table tennis
1993 | Torgny Mogren | cross-country skiing
1994 | Peter Forsberg | ice hockey
1995 | Tomas Brolin | association football
1996 | Sara Wedlund | track and field
1997 | Agneta Andersson and
Susanne Gunnarsson | canoe racing
1998 | Magdalena Forsberg | biathlon
1999 | Lars Frölander | swimming
2000 | Therese Alshammar | swimming
2001 | Mikael Ljungberg | wrestling
2002 | Magnus Wislander | handball
2003 | Carolina Klüft | track and field
2004 | Anja Pärson | alpine skiing
2005 | Stefan Holm and
Christian Olsson | track and field
2006 | Anna Carin Olofsson and
Björn Lind | biathlon
cross-country skiing
2007 | Henrik Larsson | association football
2008 | Susanna Kallur | track and field
2009 | Helena Jonsson | biathlon
2010 | Charlotte Kalla | cross-country skiing
2011 | Henrik Sedin and
Daniel Sedin | ice hockey
2012 | Anette Norberg | curling
2013 | Johan Olsson | cross-country skiing
2014 | Sweden men's and Sweden women's relay teams | cross-country skiing
2015 | Sarah Sjöström | swimming[2]
2016 | Henrik Lundqvist | ice hockey
2017 | Jenny Rissveds | mountain biking
2018 | Stina Nilsson | cross-country skiing
2019 | Hanna Öberg | biathlon[3]
2020 | Armand Duplantis | pole vault[4]
2021 | Nils van der Poel | speed skating[5]
2022 | Ebba Årsjö | alpine skiing[6]
2023 | Erik Karlsson | ice hockey[7]
2024 | Isabelle Haak | volleyball[8]
2025 | Jonatan Hellvig and David Åhman | beach volleyball[9]

## References

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1. ^ "The Crown Princess' birthday celebrations". Swedish Royal Court. 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
2. ^ "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". Dagens Nyheter. June 2015.
3. ^ Ibraheem Alsalman (3 June 2019). "Hanna Öberg får Victoriapriset" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
4. ^ "Armand Duplantis tilldelas Victoriapriset 2020" (in Swedish). Victoriadagarna. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
5. ^ "Nils van der Poel tilldelas Victoriapriset 2021" (in Swedish). Victoriadagarna. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
6. ^ Eliott Brennan (8 June 2022). "Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
7. ^ Ellen Hellmark (7 June 2023). "Erik Karlsson tilldelas Victoriapriset 2023" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
8. ^ "Isabelle Haak awarded 2024 Victoria Prize". CEV. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
9. ^ "Åhman/Hellvig hyllas". SVT Sport. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.

## External links

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* Official web page (in Swedish)