Prizes

1981 Danish School Librarians' Association: Childrens' Book Prize

1981 SFC (Science Fiction Circle): Best Illustrator

1987 The Cannes Film Festival Public's Prize: Best Film for Children and Youth

1989 The "Ping" Prize (Danish Comics Prize)

1990 Danish Comics Creators' Convent: Best Drawings, for Grønlandsk dagbog ("Diary from Greenland")

1992 Tegneseriemekka ("Comics Mecca Convention"), Copenhagen: Best Comic Album of the Year (The Serpent in the Abyss)

1992 Norwegian Comics Forum's "Sproing" Prize: Best Foreign Comic Album (Freya's Necklace)

1995 Seriefrämjandet's (Society for the Advancement of Comic Albums for Children and Youth in Sweden) "Unghunden" Prize for Valhalla

1995 Danish Comics Creators' Convent: Best Colouring (The Son of Man)

1996 The Christian Comics Prize, Angoulême, France (The Son of Man)

1999 Raptus Festival, Bergen, Norway: SAS Prize for Best Nordic Comic Album (The Magic Mead).

2004 Norwegian Comics Forum's "Sproing" Prize: Best Foreign Comic Album (The Son of Man)

2005 Danish Bible Society's Award 2005. Given to a person or an institution for contributing to focusing the Danish public's attention on the Bible.

2005/2006 Nomination for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ALMA 2006 and 2007

2006 Komiks.dk 2006. The best Danish name.