Awards
and nominations
2020
- March 24: awarded with a ten-year government grant for established artists as Popular Composer by the Arts Council Norway (Kulturrådet), the amount of NOK 276.805, appr. € 25.900, each year.
2008
- January 15: nomination for the German Echo (the German equivelant of the Grammy Awards) in the category Best Jazz-Production National/International for the album Darkness Out Of Blue
2007
- November 6.: awarded with the Edison Jazz Award 2007 (the Dutch equivelant of the Grammy Awards) in the new category Vocal, for the album Darkness Out Of Blue
2005
- November 7.: 'Rolf Gammleng' price 2005, awarded in the open class (30.000 NOK, appr. € 3.850)
2004
- February: 'Artist of the Year 2003' at the Spellemannspris ceremonies (the Norwegian equivelant of the Grammy Awards)
2003
- May 13.: nomination for the album At First Light for the Edison Jazz Awards (the Dutch equivelant of the Grammy Awards) in the category International Vocalist
2002
- January: a nomination for the album At Firdt Light n the category Jazz at the Spellemannspris 2001
- June: Coop-prisen for her long-term carreer (NOK 100.000, appr. € 12.000)
2001
- January: nomination for the album Port Of Call in the category Jazz at the Spellemannspris 2000
1999
- December: Honorable Mention Award for composing the song I Don't Want To See You Cry at the USA Songwriting Competition
1998
- May 29.: Silje was one out of four young contemporary music representatives getting a grant (appr. € 17.000), a one year scholarship, from the Cultural Department (Kulturdepartementet); the other grants went to Jarle Vespestad, Ronnie Le Tekrø and (Locomotives) Hans Jørgen Støp
1996
- January: nomination for the album Brevet in the category Best Female Artist at the Spellemannspris 1995
- June: Silje was one out of 21 artists getting a grant (appr. € 1.250) from the Cultural Department (Kulturdepartementet)
1992
- January?: nomination for the album Silje in the category Pop at the Spellemannspris 1991
1989
- March: Silje received an establishment scholarship; from the pot set aside for composers, she has been awarded NOK 20.000 (appr. € 1.950).
1986
- May 9: honored with the Hamar Arbeiderblads (newspaper) kunst- og kulturpris (art and culture prize) and a travel grant of NOK 10.000 (appr. € 970),
1983
- winner of the annual Hedmarks-vocalist contest (Årets Hedmarksvokalist 1983); the prize was the release of a single
A Platinum Award Status for Norway (50.000 copies sold):
- 2002 - album At First Light
- 2004 - album Nightwatch