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.

2005-2013 Nomination for The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ALMA

2006 Komiks.dk 2006. The best Danish name.

2008 The Orla-Prize 2008. Best Comic Album: Valhalla 14, The Wall.

2010 Adamsonstatyetten, 2010. The Swedish Adamson Award (presented by The Swedish Academy of Comic Art).

2017 The Hanne Hansen Prize. Art Bubble festival.

2019 The Carlsen Prize.