The Holberg Medal (Danish: Holberg-Medaljen) is an award to a Danish author of fiction or writer on science. It is an appreciation of a literary or scientific work or of the award winner's authorship as a whole. The prize is often awarded on 3 December, the birthday of Ludvig Holberg. The first award was given in 1934 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Danish association of authors.^[1]

• 1934 – Vilhelm Andersen^[2]
• 1935 – Sven Clausen
• 1937 – Valdemar Rørdam
• 1938 – Th.A. Müller
• 1939 – Jacob Paludan
• 1940 – Thit Jensen
• 1941 – Henrik Pontoppidan
• 1942 – Frederik Poulsen
• 1943 – Otto Rung
• 1944 – Johannes Jørgensen
• 1945 – Tom Kristensen
• 1946 – Harry Søiberg
• 1947 – Carl Erik Soya
• 1948 – Paul la Cour
• 1949 – Karen Blixen
• 1950 – Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen
• 1951 – Torben Krogh
• 1952 – Martin A. Hansen
• 1953 – Helge Topsøe-Jensen
• 1954 – H.C. Branner
• 1955 – Knuth Becker
• 1956 – Palle Lauring
• 1957 – Kjeld Abell
• 1958 – F.J. Billeskov Jansen
• 1959 – Knud Sønderby
• 1960 – William Heinesen
• 1961 – Robert Neiiendam
• 1962 – Finn Methling
• 1963 – Otto Gelsted
• 1964 – Morten Borup
• 1965 – Hans Scherfig
• 1966 – Aage Dons
• 1967 – Hakon Stangerup
• 1968 – Willy-August Linnemann
• 1969 – Steen Eiler Rasmussen
• 1970 – Rudolf Broby-Johansen
• 1971 – Leif Panduro
• 1972 – K.E. Løgstrup
• 1973 – Villy Sørensen
• 1974 – Oluf Friis
• 1975 – Aage Kragelund
• 1976 – Elsa Gress
• 1977 – Jens Kruuse
• 1978 – Erik Knudsen
• 1979 – Klaus Rifbjerg
• 1980 – Aage Hansen
• 1981 – Svend Kragh-Jacobsen
• 1982 – Heðin Brú
• 1983 – Thorkild Bjørnvig
• 1984 – Lise Sørensen
• 1985 – Jørgen Gustava Brandt
• 1986 – Halfdan Rasmussen
• 1987 – Inger Christensen
• 1988 – Svend Eegholm Pedersen
• 1989 – Ulla Ryum
• 1990 – Svend Aage Madsen
• 1991 – Sven Holm
• 1992 – Suzanne Brøgger
• 1993 – Erik A. Nielsen
• 1994 – Ole Wivel
• 1995 – Henrik Stangerup
• 1996 – Astrid Saalbach
• 1997 – Per Højholt
• 1998 – Jess Ørnsbo
• 1999 – Carsten Jensen
• 2000 – Bent Holm
• 2001 – Benny Andersen
• 2002 – Keld Zeruneith
• 2003 – Ebbe Kløvedal Reich
• 2004 – Erling Jepsen
• 2005 – Thomas Bredsdorff
• 2006 – Line Knutzon
• 2007 – Klaus Peter Mortensen
• 2008 – Anders Matthesen
• 2009 – Jørn Lund
• 2010 – Nikoline Werdelin
• 2011 – Ursula Andkjær Olsen
• 2012 - Rune Lykkeberg
• 2013 - Henning Mortensen
• 2014 - Karen Skovgaard-Petersen
• 2015 - Dorrit Willumsen
• 2016 - Ivar Gjørup
• 2017 - Kaspar Colling Nielsen
• 2018 - Peter Zeeberg
• 2019 - Helle Helle
• 2020 - Birgitte Possing
• 2021 - Dorte Karrebæk
• 2022 - Ditlev Tamm
• 2023 - Frederik Cilius