Moltkes Palæ
Recipient: Sarah Smed
In 2024, the award ceremony was held at Moltke's Palace in Copenhagen.
The Bent Melchior Prize and the beautiful statuette by Jens Galschiøtt went to Sarah Smed, who is the museum director at the Danish Welfare Museum in Svendborg and an unparalleled driving force.
As former Bent Melchior Prize winner (2022) Henrik Vestergaard Stokholm said in his motivational speech: "She has thrown herself into the fight for the weak and put herself on the line. She has insisted that we all must face the monster and recognize that everyone has a responsibility for the vulnerable and exposed. That we can do much better. That we must treat vulnerable people with dignity, respect, and compassion and give a voice to the forgotten and the timid. Not just in speeches like this, but every day when we meet vulnerable people on our way.”
Read the evening's speeches:
