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Awards and media

My main awards are listed first in this section, while you will find some of my media links at the end.

Facebook 'Audun Rikardsen Photogrphy'

https://www.facebook.com/Audun-Rikardsen-Photography-537338759757038/

2023: Big picture, three awarded in categories Winged life, Landscape and Human and Nature

https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org/2023-winners

2021: Wildlife Photographer of the year, second place in "Ocean - the bugger picture"Plants and fungi.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery

2022: Nordic Nature Picture Award: Three awarded in the categories: Årets pattedyrbilde, Årets turbilde og Truet nordisk natur

https://nnpc.no/no/vinnere/224-2022

2021: Nature Photographer of the year, second place in Plants and fungi.

https://naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-editions/npoty-2021-results/audun-rikardsen-natures-eatable-arctic-gould-runner-up-category-plants-and-fungi/

2020: European wWildlife Photographer of the year (GDT), awarded in Man and Natureean - the bugger picture"Plants and fungi.

https://www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/gdt-european-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-results-2020.html

2020: Wildscreen festival - Finalist in Photo Story Panda Award

https://wildscreen.org/festival/panda-awards/photo-story/

2019: Winner of the Wildlife photographer of the year; bird category (and selected for public award)

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2019/images/behaviour-birds/5446/land-of-the-eagle.html

Årets beste forskningsformidler i 2019 (NFR) / The best outreach person in Norway 2019

https://www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2019/forskningsradets-formidlingspris-til-verdenskjent-naturfotograf/

2019: Nature photographer of the year, second place in bird chategory

https://naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-editions/npoty-2019-results/

2019: Overall winner of BigPicture photography competition

https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org/2019-winners

2019: Nordic nature photo contest - Seven awarded pictures, including Winner and Highly commended in "Endagered nature", 2nd, 3rd and Highly commended in "Birds", two Highly commended in "Mammals"

https://www.nnpc.no/no/vinnere/191-2019

2018: Wildlife photographer of the year - awarded in underwater chategory

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2018/images/under-water/5300/night-snack.html

2018: BigPicture - Two awarded pictures in "Terrestrial wildlife" and "Human/Nature"

https://www.bigpicturecompetition.org/2018-winners

2018: Nature Photographer of the Year - Two awarded pictures in "Landscapes" and "Underwater"

https://naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-editions/npoty-2018-results/

2018: Oasis - Five awarded pictures in five chategories; Mammals, Landscape, Birds, Other animals and Storyboard

https://www.oasisphotocontest.it/

2018: Nordic nature photo competition: Winner in "Landscape", 2nd in "Mammans" and "Birds", awarded in "Outdoor"

https://www.nnpc.no/no/vinnere/180-2018

2018: Siena International Photo Award - Six awarded pictures over five chategories; Sports, Monocrome, Adventures, Beauty of nature and Animals in environment

https://sipacontest.com/gallery/2018/

2017: Overall winner - Oasis international potographer of the year

http://oasisphotocontest.it/gallery_2017/

2017: Overall winner - The Arctic photographer of the year (Global Arctic award)

http://arcticawards.ru/index.php?route=information/bestwinners§ion=Global_Arctic_Awards&year=2016

2017: Nordic Nature Photography Contest: Winner of the "Creative" and "Mammal" chategory, one 2nd and three awarded

http://www.nnpc.no/no/vinnere/149-2017

2016: Owerall winner - European wildlife photographer of the year (GDT) (+ one first, two awarded)

https://www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/gdt-european-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-results-2016.html

2016: Winner of the Frits Polking award (GDT) with the project "Polar winter feeding feast"

https://www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/fritz-poelking-prize-results-2016.html

2016: Overall winner Sienna Internation Photography Award (SIPA) (+winner of two 1st, one 3rd and three awarded)

https://sipacontest.com/gallery/2016/best.php

2016: Winner of the "Tromsø citizen of the year" award. Nominated for the “Årets Nordlenning”-award in 2014 and 2016. (The North Norwegian of the year)

http://www.itromso.no/nyheter/2016/12/23/%E2%80%93-Denne-prisen-handler-om-noe-st%C3%B8rre-13973800.ece

2016: Wildlife photographer of the year - three awarded pictures in: "Underwater", "Mammals", "Underwater" and "The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single Image"

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2016/adult.html

2016: Oasis - three awarded prictures in the categories "Landscapes", "Other animals" and "Under water"

http://www.oasisphotocontest.com/fotogallery.asp?lang=eng

2015: Winner of the Wildlife photographer of the year, portfolio award

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gallery/2015/images/the-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-portfolio-award/4937/dark-dive.html

2015: Winner of Por el Planeta (Wild habitat category), 2nd in Animals in their habitat and one awarded (most winning in the competition)

https://porelplanetaphoto.com/#pep-14

2015: European championship in nature photography, 2nd in mammal chategory and awarded in underwater chategory

https://www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/gdt-european-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-results-2015.html

2015: Winner in Asferico: underwater category and one highly commended in Mammals category

http://www.asferico.com/concorso/gallerie/e_index.htm

2015: Overall winner of Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPC) - ...and winner of the landscape and winner and 3. place in mammal chategory

http://www.nnpc.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&Itemid=640&lang=no

2015: Oasis: Third place in underwater category

http://www.oasisphotocontest.com/gallery2014/subacquea/

2015: Winner of the public communication award at University of Tromsø

http://www.itromso.no/nyheter/article10795710.ece

2014: Overall winner of Natures Best

http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/galleries/wsr_2014.php

2014: Overall winner of Arctic photographer of the year (Global Arctic Award): Grand winner, winner of three categories and one runner up.

http://www.globalarcticawards.com/en/winners2014

2014: European Wildlife Photographer of the Year (GDT): Most awarded photographer with five awarded pictures

http://www.gdtfoto.de/seiten/gdt-european-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-results-2014.html

2014: Winner of "The golden hook" (Gullkroken) - best fishing picture of the year

http://www.hooked.no/artikler/er-gullkroken-vinnerne

2014: Norwegian championship in nature photography: 2nd best picture of the year

https://fotojakta.wordpress.com/

2014: Winner in Arctic Biodiversity: Landscape category and two runner ups (Business and Science + Biodiversity)

http://arcticbiodiversity.is/winners

2014: Overall winner of Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPC) - ...and winner of the landscape and bird chategory

http://www.foto.no/cgi-bin/articles/articleView.cgi?articleId=46173

2014: ASFERICO: Highly commended in category "Birds" and "Man and nature"

http://www.asferico.com/concorso/gallerie/e_galleria2014.htm

2014: Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Nominated in peoples choice award

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/wpy/community/peoples-choice/2014/38/flirting-bearded-seal.html

2014: Golden Turtle: Awarded in Golden in the category "Art of the nature"

http://www.wncontest.ru/en/photo/archive/?SECTION_ID=124

2014: Nominated for "Årets Nordlenning" (The "North-Norwegian person" of the year)

http://www.nordlys.no/kundesenter/arets-nordlending-2014/

2014: Winner of the public communication award at BFE (University of Tromsø)

http://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=379632

2013: Overall winner and Norwegian champion in nature photography and best picture of the year

http://fotojakta.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/finalerunden-2013-storeslem-til-audun-rikardsen/

2013: European Wildlife Photographer of the year (GDT). Highly commended in the chategory birds

http://new.gdtfoto.de/en/gdt-european-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2013/#!prettyPhoto

2013: Winner in Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPC): "Outdoor picture of the year" and the "Endangered nature" cathegory

http://www.nnpc.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=586&lang=no; http://www.nnpc.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=588&lang=no

2012: European Wildlife Photographer (GDT). Second place (Runner up) in the category "Man and nature" 2012.

http://www.gdtfoto.de/content.php?siteloc=490

2012: My picture "An alternative way down" (see gallery/Ski into..) was awarded as one of the best ski pictures in the world of the year by the magazine FriFlyt

http://friflyt.no/Ski/Fotonummer

2012: Overall winner of Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPC) - ...and winner of the landscape and mammal chategory, as well as one highly commended in the landscape category

http://foto.no/cgi-bin/articles/articleView.cgi?articleId=44693

2011: Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPS) - Awarded in the "oytdoor activity picture of the yrar"

http://www.nnpc.no/galleries/turbildet/

2011: Månedens bilde Natur & Foto (Audun Rikardsen)

http://www.naturogfoto.no/magasin/innhold/manedens-bilde-2011/manedens-bilde-5-2011

My Greenland Adventure

Here you can watch my slide show I have put together from my "Greenland adventure". Hope you enjoy it!
Her har dere en slidepresentasjon fra noen av eventyrene mine på Grønland (Se linken under) Bildene er tatt på mine to feltturer til vest-Grønland høstene 2010-2011 og håper den får fram litt av fasiasjonen min for landets fargerike natur og folk! :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7996CqAlXeU

My work related homepage at University of Tromsø

Here you can find som information about my work and interests as a scientist http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/ansatte/person?p_document_id=41398&p_dimension_id=88165

The Lost polar bear selfie (NRK 2019), with English subtitles

https://tv.nrk.no/program/dvna60001218/the-lost-polar-bear-selfie

National geographic Magazine (2019): Se what happens when polar bear find a camera

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/02/see-what-happens-when-a-polar-bear-finds-a-camera/

NRK Isbjørnselfien som forsvant i dypet (2019)

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/2018/DVNA60001118/avspiller

NRK En naturlig helaften 2019 (fra 17 min ut). Havørna på fyret - fotoprosjekt

https://tv.nrk.no/program/DVNA60001019

NRK Safari Norge - Mia og hvalene 2019 (Mia Gundersen er med meg på kvalforskning)

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/safari-norge/sesong/1/episode/6

NRK Naturens jegere 2018 (documentary about killer whale science)

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/2018/DVNA61000218

NRK En naturlig helaften 2018 (fra Svalbard, med gjennom hele programmet)

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/2018/DVNA62000118/avspiller

NRK Vill Viten 2018. Naturdokumentar om forskere i fire deler (med i alle episoder). Norwegian nature documentary about scientists

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/naturforskerne

SkyNews "The plastic whale" 2017 (about 19 and 36 min into the program)

https://news.sky.com/video/documentary-a-plastic-whale-10924827

NRK "Et eventyr gjennom linsa" (2016) - A 60 min documentary about my photography

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/DNPR65008515/23-08-2016

CNN 2015: Winners of the Wildlife photography of the year (see from 1:13)

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/10/15/wildlife-photographers-natpkg.cnn

NRK Lørdagsrevyen 2015, portrett Audun Rikardsen (se innslag #10)

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen/NNFA02103115/31-10-2015#t=21m57s

TV2 Nyhetskanalen: Slik tar Audun naturbildene sine

http://www.tv2.no/v/969886/

NRK Dagsrevyen: Disse bildene ga Audun naturfotografenes Oscar

http://www.nrk.no/troms/disse-bildene-ga-audun-naturfotografenes-oscar-1.12591403

NRK Dagsrevyen (2015): Spektakulær hvalforskning

http://www.nrk.no/troms/spektakulaer-havforskning-1.12680298

NRK 2014 - En naturlig helaften (klikk på nr 5, Hvalrossen Kompis)

http://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/DVNA60000914/28-12-2014

NettTV Nordlys 2013 (Nordaførr): Jakter kval med kamera (10 min film)

http://www.nordlys.no/web-tv/article6390169.ece

NRK Ut i Naturen 2013: Audun svømmer med hvaler (se flere deler utover i sendingen, spesielt mot slutten...:-)

http://tv.nrk.no/serie/ut-i-naturen/dvna60000113/26-02-2013

NRK "Laks minutt for minutt" (1. jun 2012, Audun Rikardsen). Her forteller vi historien bak "Villaksen Salomon"; se 1t, 20min og 45 sek ut i sendingen

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/850583/

NRK Ut i Naturen (april 2012; 3 og 17 min ut i sendingen) Audun Rikardsen: Fisking og satelittmerking av kjempekveiter

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/842330/

NRK Ut i naturen (en naturlig helaften 2010) Audun Rikardsen: Laksens vandringer del 2 (33.20 ut i programmet)

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/695124/

NRK Ut i Naturen Oktober 2010, 19:15 ut i sendingen (Laksens vandringer del 1 / Audun Rikardsen)

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/674321/

NRK Dagsrevyen (Mai 2010) Laks med satelittsender / Audun Rikardsen

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/212735/

NRK Kveldsnytt (juni 2007, 1:40 ut i sendingen) Rømt laks spores med elektronikk / Audun Rikardsen

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/97988/