Danish Academy 1965 Jeanne and Henri Nathan's Memorial Grant 1963 AdamOehlenschlägerlegatet 1954 Holger Drachmann Scholarship 1952 Jeanne and Henri Nathan's
was awarded the Otto Benzons Prize, the SFC Prize in 1986, the AdamOehlenschläger-Legatet [no] in 1987, the Georg Brandes Award [da; de; no; sv] in 1994