The Sverdrup Prize (Sverdrupprisen) is a Norwegian honorary award concerning the fields of theoretical and applied statistics.
Sverdrup was instrumental in building up and modernising the fields of statistics and actuarial science in Norway.
[1] In 2007, the Norwegian Statistical Association (Norsk statistisk forening) announced the creation of the Sverdrup Prize, with the first prizes to be awarded in 2009.
There is one Sverdup Prize to a prominent statistician ("an eminent representative of the statistics profession") and a second award to a younger statistician who has authored or coauthored a high quality journal article.
The prizes entail a diploma and a stipend and are awarded every second year, typically in connection with the biennial conferences of the Norwegian Statistical Association.