Denmark is gearing up for more celebrations for its queen as Margrethe II prepares for the latest festivities for her Golden Jubilee. But the week that will end with a party for Margrethe, it began with the Danish queen celebrating others. Margrethe II presented the Rungstedlund Prize at the Karen Blixen Museum.
The Queen of Denmark was welcomed with flowers and a large crowd. The museum’s management also welcomed the queen before giving her a guided tour of the Rungstedlund estate, which was Karen Blixen’s summer home for many years and is located just north of Copenhagen. Karen von Blixen-Finecke was a Danish poet, author and storyteller who also wrote under various pseudonyms.
The prize that was awarded on September 5th 20222 is named after the estate and is called the Rungstedlund prize. It was Queen Margrethe who presented the award, which this year went to author Peter Høeg, who received the award for his great and distinctive writing.
Peter Høeg is a Danish writer, who became world famous for the novel “Miss Smilla’s feeling for snow” who was published in 1992. Before Høeg started writing books, he worked, among other things, as a dancer and sports teacher. Høeg has received several awards for his books and his books have been translated into a number of languages and are sold in more than 30 countries.
The Rungstedlund prize of 50,000 kroner is awarded each year. to a person who has made a special effort, preferably within one of the fields that interested Karen Blixen, or who has earned it in some other way. The prize is donated by Hørsholm Municipality and was awarded for the first time in 1991. The prize is awarded in Karen Blixen’s Bird Reserve on the first Monday in September.
