Robert Awards

The Robert Awards are the national film awards of Denmark, presented by the Danish Film Academy since 1984.

Winners of the Robert Awards (Denmark), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Director Best Actor Best Actress

Best Director

13 years listed (2001–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	Zinnini Elkington	Second Victims
2025	Christina Rosendahl	Matters of the Heart
2024	Lea Glob	Apolonia, Apolonia
2023	Ali Abbasi	Holy Spider
2022	Lisa Jespersen	Persona Non Grata
2018	Hlynur Pálmason	Winter Brothers
2017	Christian Tafdrup	Parents
2016	Martin Zandvliet	Land of Mine
2009	Henrik Ruben Genz	Terribly Happy
2006	Per Fly	Manslaughter
2004	Per Fly	The Inheritance (2003)
2002	Ole Christian Madsen	Kira's Reason: A Love Story
2001	Per Fly	The Bench

Best Actor

41 years listed (1984–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	Besir Zeciri	The Girl with the Needle
2025	Lars Ranthe	Matters of the Heart
2024	Mads Mikkelsen	The Promised Land (2023)
2023	Anders W. Berthelsen	A Lucky Man
2022	Simon Bennebjerg	The Pact
2021	Mads Mikkelsen	Another Round
2020	Esben Smed	Held for Ransom
2019	Jakob Cedergren	The Guilty
2018	Elliott Crosset Hove	Winter Brothers
2017	Søren Malling	Parents
2016	Ulrich Thomsen	Summer of '92
2015	Henrik Birch	The Sunfish
2014	Mads Mikkelsen	The Hunt (2012)
2013	Søren Malling	A Hijacking
2012	Nikolaj Lie Kaas	A Funny Man
2011	Pilou Asbæk	R
2010	Lars Mikkelsen	Headhunter
2009	Jakob Cedergren	Terribly Happy
2008	Lars Brygmann	White Night
2007	David Dencik	A Soap
2006	Troels Lyby	—
2005	Mads Mikkelsen	Pusher II
2004	Ulrich Thomsen	The Inheritance (2003)
2003	Jens Albinus	Facing the Truth
2002	Nikolaj Lie Kaas	Truly Human
2000	Niels Olsen	The One and Only
1999	Ulrich Thomsen	The Celebration
1998	Lars Simonsen	Barbara (1997)
1997	Thomas Bo Larsen	The Biggest Heroes
1996	Ulf Pilgaard	Body Switch
1995	Ernst-Hugo Järegård	—
1994	Frits Helmuth	Stolen Spring
1993	Søren Østergaard	Pain of Love
1992	Ole Lemmeke	The Naked Trees
1991	Tommy Kenter	Dance of the Polar Bears
1990	Frits Helmuth	Memories of a Marriage
1989	Börje Ahlstedt	Emma's Shadow
1987	Torben Jensen	Burning Hearts
1986	Reine Brynolfsson	—
1985	Lars Simonsen	Twist and Shout
1984	Jesper Klein	Beauty and the Beast (1983)

Best Actress

33 years listed (1984–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Winner	Film
2026	Özlem Saglanmak	Second Victims
2025	Viilbjørk Malling Agger	Matters of the Heart
2024	Paprika Steen	Tove’s Room
2023	Zar Amir-Ebrahimi	Holy Spider
2022	Birthe Neumann	The Pact
2021	Andrea Heick Gadeberg	Riders of Justice
2020	Trine Dyrholm	Queen of Hearts
2019	Katrine Greis-Rosenthal	A Fortunate Man
2018	Amanda Collin	A Horrible Woman
2016	Tuva Novotny	A War
2015	Bodil Jørgensen	All Inclusive
2014	Helle Fagralid	Sorrow and Joy
2013	Bodil Jørgensen	This Life
2011	Kirsten Dunst	Melancholia
2010	Paprika Steen	Applause (2009)
2009	Lene Maria Christensen	Terribly Happy
2008	Noomi Rapace	Daisy Diamond
2004	Birthe Neumann	Move Me
2003	Paprika Steen	Okay
2002	Stine Stengade	Kira's Reason: A Love Story
2000	Sidse Babett Knudsen	The One and Only
1999	Bodil Jørgensen	The Idiots
1998	Sidse Babett Knudsen	Let's Get Lost
1993	Anne Louise Hassing	Pain of Love
1992	Ghita Nørby	Freud Leaving Home
1991	Dorota Pomykała	The Birthday Trip
1990	Ghita Nørby	Memories of a Marriage
1989	Karina Skands	Heaven and Hell
1988	Stéphane Audran	Babette's Feast
1987	Kirsten Lehfeldt	Burning Hearts
1986	Stine Bierlich	—
1985	Bodil Udsen	My Granny's House
1984	Line Arlien-Søborg	Beauty and the Beast (1983)