This years winners of the Holberg Prize School project are Elin Haugum, Emilie Jensen and Adele F. E. Grønningsæther from Heggen Upper Secondary School in Troms, with the research project “Norwegian is ‘Basically’ Dying Out”, investigating the influence of English on the Norwegian Language and youths attitudes towards language change.
The Research Project
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Elin Haugum, Emilie Jensen and Adele F. E. Grønningsæther
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The School Programme
The Holberg School Programme is an annual research competition for students in Norwegian upper secondary schools i the humanities, social sciences law and theology. Each year, around 1,000 students from 20 selected schools participate in the competition.
The Holberg School Programme Jury selects three research projects that are awarded prizes of NOK 30,000, NOK 20,000 and NOK 10,000 respectively.
The finalists are announced in mid May, and the award ceremony is held during the Holberg Week in early June each year.