The prize has been awarded since 1959 and is a plaque that is only made in one copy each year.

The 2019 winner, biathlete Elisabeth Högberg, is awarded the prize for her overall victory in the IBU Cup.

Cross-country skier Linn Svahn is awarded the prize for 2020 after she won both the sprint world cup and individual races in the distance cup.

The prize was awarded on Thursday evening by the committee's chairman Halvar Eliasson at the ski stadium in Östersund.

See the prize awarded in the clip above.