Crown Princess Victoria together with the recipients of The Prince Eugen Cultural Prize Vilde Frang Bjaerke and Sofia Jannok. Photo: Roger Vikström/Scanpix
Prince Eugen´s Cultural Prize was instituted in 2005, commemorating the centennial celebration of the end of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
The Swedish Prince Eugen (1865-1947), an artist himself, worked all his life actively for Swedish-Norwegian relations. He supported both younger and older artists, had many friends in literary circles and was very intersted in music.