The Crown Prince Couple's Awards in the Sydney Opera House

Photo: William West, Scanpix

The Crown Prince Couple have just awarded The Crown Prince Couple's Awards in the Sydney Opera House.

This year the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Award of 500.000 Danish kroner was given to the creative teams behind the tv-dramas The Killing and Borgen.  To receive the award was actress Sofie Gråbøl from The Killing, actress Sidse Babett Knudsen and scriptwriter Adam Price from Borgen. 

The Crown Prince Couple's Social Award of 500.000 Danish kroner was awarded to the Danish voluntary organization Natteravnene, which main goal is to create safe surroundings for young people in the public domain.  Chairman of Fonden for Socialt Ansvar,  Stig Kjerulf, and head of a secretariat and founder of Natteravnene, Erik Thorsted, received the award on behalf of the organization.

The two Rising Star Awards of 50.000 Danish kroner each were given to singer and songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted (MØ) and violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Both award winners performed at the award show, which will be telecasted in both Australia and Denmark.