The Applause Award is an international award given out by

Liseberg Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is the second most visited theme park in Scandinavia, with around three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaste ...

, a theme park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is given out every two years to the

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whose "management, operations and creative accomplishments have inspired the industry with their foresight, originality and sound business development." The award is a bronze statue of two clapping hands. It was designed by Astri Taube, a Swedish sculptor. The winner is chosen by a board of governors with

's CEO, Andreas Andersen, being the chairman. It is considered by many to be the

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of the amusement park industry. In summer of 2020, it was announced that due to the

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, the upcoming award ceremony would be postponed until 2021. However, a year later it was again announced that the award had been postponed again, and would resume normally in 2022.

Recipients

Dolly Parton accepting Liseberg Applause Award 2010 portrait

References

{{Navigation Applause Award Awards established in 1980 1980 establishments in Sweden