Niels Bo Bojesen is a Danish editorial cartoonist. A graduate of the Danish School of Design and having attended the School of Visual Arts/Department of Media Arts, New York.
He creates editorial cartoons for danish and international websites, newspapers and magazines.
He is represented by:
Cartooning for Peace,
CartoonArts International,
United Sketches
and Cagle Cartoons/Political Cartoons.
Chairman of the jury European Cartoon Award · Studio Europa Maastricht 2023.
Member of the jury World Humor Awards 2023.
Judge European Cartoon Award · Studio Europa Maastricht 2022
Chairman of the jury of the 25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art 2022.
Prizes and honors:
2024 – 24th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition – Award of excellence.
2023 – XXXI International Festival of Satire and Humor ‘City Di Trento’ – Second Prize.
2023 – International Editorial Cartoon Competition of Press Freedom Canada – Award of excellence.
2022 – Golden Trophy – World Humor Awards.
2022 – LIBEX · Libre Expression 2022 · 3rd Prize.
2022 – The Ping Prize – Editorial Cartoonist of the Year.
2020 – 20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition – Award of excellence.
2019 – World Humor Awards – Award of Excellence.
2019 – Winner of the Golden Aesop Grand Prix in Gabrovo.
2019 – 19th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition – Award of excellence.
2017 – United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award – Second Prize.
2017 – Winner of ‘Cartoonist of the year’ – The Pentel Prize.
2017 – 17th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition – Second Prize
2016 – United Nations/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award – Citation of excellence.
2016 – Winner of the concourse of the European Commission – ‘Una Vignetta per L’Europa’.
2016 – First Edition of World Humor Awards, Bronze Trophy.
2005 – Award of excellence in the Society for News Design 26th Edition, Best of Newspaper Design 2005 – single Illustration.
2004 – European Newspaper Award 2004 – single illustration.
2004 – Chosen by ‘The Hague Sculpture’, Hague, Netherlands, to represent Denmark in the EU-exhibition: ’Giants, European Conversation Pieces’.
2003 – Receives Danish Cartoonists honorary prize: ’Svarres Legat’.
Memberships and affiliations:
Judge European Cartoon Award · Studio Europa Maastricht 2022
Chairman of the jury of the 25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art 2022.Member of the Scientific Council · Centro Librexpression – Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno.
Member of AAEC | American Association of Editorial Cartoonists.
Member of France Cartoons.
On Site Illustrations:
In collaboration with Cartoon Movement – Cartoonist Guest at the ’Festival of Europe’ in Fontainebleau, France, 2017.
Special Cartoonist Guest at the ’LectorinFabula’- Festival
‘The future of politics’, Conversano Italy, 2015
Special Cartoonist Guest at the Festival D’Internazionale in Ferrara, Italy
’Who decides in Europe’, Ferrara Italy, 2014