Wihuri International Prize

The Wihuri International Prize is a prize awarded by the Wihuri Foundation for International Prizes to people who have furthered the cultural or economic development in Finland, founded in 1953 by Antti Wihuri, The foundation also awards the music prize Wihuri Sibelius Prize. The awarded prizes range from EUR 30,000 to 150,000, and a prize must be awarded at least every three years.

The first Wihuri International Prize was awarded on October 9, 1958, the birthday of Antti Wihuri, to mathematics professor Rolf Nevanlinna. As of 2015, the Wihuri Foundation had awarded 19 Wihuri International Prizes.

Prizewinners

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Year Recipient [1] Country
1958 Rolf Nevanlinna   Finland
1961 Pentti I. Halonen   Finland
Väinö Hovi   Finland
1968 John McMichael   United Kingdom
Lars Ahlfors   Finland
1971 Peter Hirsch   Germany
1976 Georg Henrik von Wright   Finland
Jaakko Hintikka   Finland
1979 Derrick B. Jelliffe   United Kingdom
1982 Aldo van Eyck   Netherlands
1983 Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen   Denmark
1985 John Williams Mellor   United States
1988 Kullervo Kuusela   Finland
1991 Kari I. Kivirikko   Finland
1994 Olli Lounasmaa   Finland
1997 Niilo O.B. Hallman   Finland
2003 Barbara Czarniawska   Poland
2012 Merja Penttilä   Finland
2015 Thania Paffenholz   Germany

References

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  1. ^ "Wihuri International Prize". Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. 2017-07-31.