| Det Gyldne Bur | |
|---|---|
| The Golden Cage | |
| Awarded for | Best goalkeeper in Danish football |
| Sponsored by | Tipsbladet |
| Country | Denmark |
| Eligibility | Goalkeepers in Danish Superliga and Danish 1st Division |
| Currently held by | Kamil Grabara |
| Most awards | Lars Høgh (5) |
Det Gyldne Bur (The Golden Cage) is an award given to the best goalkeeper in Danish football each year. The winner is found by votes among the goalkeepers in the two top divisions of Danish football; the Danish Superliga and Danish 1st Division. The award has been handed out by Danish sports paper TIPS-Bladet since 1984.
Peter Høeg is a Danish writer of fiction. He is best known for his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992).
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English club Manchester United, he captained the club to victory in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final to complete the Treble. He also played with the Danish national team, with whom he won the UEFA Euro 1992.
Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1924 as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911, the first team play their home games at Blue Water Arena which has been the club's home ground since its opening in 1955.
Boldklubben Fremad Amager is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2023–24 season, the club's senior men's team play in 2nd Division, the third tier of professional football in the country. The club have primarily played their home games at Sundby Idrætspark since the stadium's inauguration in 1922.
Martin Sejr Jensen, known as Martin S. Jensen, is an Danish football coach and former professional footballer who is a goalkeeping coach for Danish 1st Division side Hobro IK.
Jørgen Tofte Nielsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Michael Stensgaard is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Thorkild Hansen was a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction. He is popularly known for his trilogy of novels about the Danish slave trade which is composed of Coast of Slaves (1967), Ships of Slaves (1968), and Islands of Slaves.
Karl-Johan Anton Johnsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Bordeaux.
Lukas Hradecky is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains both Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Finland national team.
Lars Windfeld is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF). He played a total 221 games for AGF in all competitions, including 196 games in the Danish Superliga championship, and scoring one goal against Odense BK in March 1995. He also won the 1996 Danish Cup with the club. He was named 1995 Danish Football Goalkeeper of the Year. He played for the Denmark national team in an unofficial match in August 1996.
Daze is a Danish Eurodance band whose 1997 debut album Super Heroes became a double platinum international hit. The band is a trio composed of Lucas Sieber, Jesper Tønnov, and Trine Bix, and their style of "zany" "turbo-pop" music is compared to the Danish-Norwegian pop band Aqua. Super Heroes, initially published in Scandinavia by Sony Music, sold 31,000 copies on the release day and was later released in the United States by Columbia Records and in Non-Nordic global territories by Epic Records. Hit singles included "Superhero", "Tamagotchi" and "Toy Boy". In February 1998, Daze won the Danish Grammy Award for Best Dance Album of 1997. The single Superhero was nominated as 1997 Danish hit of the year by G.A.F.F.A. magazine. It was also very famous in Argentina during those years.
Nicolai Oppen Larsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Silkeborg IF.
De Gyldne Laurbær is a Danish literature award, which was established in 1949. The award is handed by The Committee De Gyldne Laurbær, formerly Boghandlerklubben. The prize is given annually in February or March. Originally the award was a laurel wreath, a golden pin with an inscription, some money and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. Today the award is a laurel wreathe, a diploma and a book gift worth 2500 DKK. The award is handed at a ceremony arranged by the publishing house which has published the winning book and by the Committee De Gyldne Laurbær. Early in January every year the committee sends out ballot to all the Danish bookshops, which then give their vote for a Danish book which was published the year before. An author can only win The Golden Laurel once-in-a-lifetime, so the bookshops can not vote for an author who has already won the prize once before. The winner is usually one of the bestsellers among the Danish books. On the day when it is decided who wins the Golden Laurel, the president of the Committee of The Golden Laurel informs the winner about the award, while journalists follow the event.
Jakob Ejersbo was a Danish journalist and writer. His work is considered modern and neorealistic. Authoring the immensely popular novel, Nordkraft, which sold more than 100,000 copies, an unusually high sales figure on the book market in Denmark, Ejersbo became an established writer. A tale about three young people and drug problems in Aalborg, the work was turned into a film in 2005, directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Ejersbo is also well known for writing what is known as the Africa Trilogy, inspired by the author's own childhood experiences in Tanzania.
Tipsbladet is a weekly Danish sports magazine focusing on football. It the oldest football magazine in Scandinavia and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sara Omar is a Danish-Kurdish author, human rights activist and poet. She is the first internationally recognized female novelist from Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She started out as a poet and has published several critical articles in the Middle Eastern media.
Kamil Mieczysław Grabara is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen and the Poland national team.
Maren Uthaug is a Norwegian, Sami and Danish comics creator and writer. Her comic strip Ting jeg gjorde is published regularly in the newspaper Politiken. She received the award De Gyldne Laurbær for 2022.
