The Wihuri International Prize is a prize awarded by the Wihuri Foundation for International Prizes to people who have furthered the cultural or economic development in Finland, founded in 1953 by Antti Wihuri, The foundation also awards the music prize Wihuri Sibelius Prize. The awarded prizes range from EUR 30,000 to 150,000, and a prize must be awarded at least every three years.
The first Wihuri International Prize was awarded on October 9, 1958, the birthday of Antti Wihuri, to mathematics professor Rolf Nevanlinna. As of 2015, the Wihuri Foundation had awarded 19 Wihuri International Prizes.
| Year | Recipient [1] | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Rolf Nevanlinna | ||
| 1961 | Pentti I. Halonen | ||
| Väinö Hovi | |||
| 1968 | John McMichael | ||
| Lars Ahlfors | |||
| 1971 | Peter Hirsch | ||
| 1976 | Georg Henrik von Wright | ||
| Jaakko Hintikka | |||
| 1979 | Derrick B. Jelliffe | ||
| 1982 | Aldo van Eyck | ||
| 1983 | Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen | ||
| 1985 | John Williams Mellor | ||
| 1988 | Kullervo Kuusela | ||
| 1991 | Kari I. Kivirikko | ||
| 1994 | Olli Lounasmaa | ||
| 1997 | Niilo O.B. Hallman | ||
| 2003 | Barbara Czarniawska | ||
| 2012 | Merja Penttilä | ||
| 2015 | Thania Paffenholz |