Members of Honour and Honorary Members
After Knights of the Röda Ulv are Members of Honour and Honorary Members is the highest award given by the student association.
In V&A’s by-laws (Norwegian) it is stated that the titles Member of Honour (hedersmedlem) and Honorary Member (æresmedlem) is awarded people who have been central and imprortant for the association, the students represented by the association, or the education these students recieve.
The nomination text should be a thorough account and explaination of what the candidate has done to deserve the title. Honorary Members do not need to fulfill the criteria of membership in the student association, whereas Members of Honour are, or have been, considered an active member. Members of the current Board cannot be nominated for Member of Honour.
New Members of Honour and Honorary Members are ordinarily announced at V&A’s annual Christmas party.
Nominations can be sent through through email to styret@volvox.no.
The title of Honorary Member (æresmedlem) is a tradition reaching back to the year 2000, but these archives are unfortunately uncomplete. This is why the list on this site only covers appointed people as far back as 2013.
At the General Assembly of 2017 it was decided that the criteria for the titles shoud be changed. Previously, Honorary Members had to have been a member of the Board and a committee for at least a year, or two years in the Board. After the General Assembly, it was decided that Honorary Members should be decided based only on the nomination text, as the by-laws state today.
At the General Assembly of 2023, it was distinguished between Members of Honour and Honorary Members. The change had no practical significance other than that the titles now fit their respective definitions, where a Member of Honour is by definition a part of the student association as an active or inactive member, and an Honorary Member is a title pertaining to people outside the association who despite of this have contributed greatly.
The history around these titles
There has been appointed a total of 94 Members of Honour and Honorary Members of Volvox & Alkymisten since 2013
Members of Honour and Honorary Members of Volvox & Alkymisten in the last three years:
2025
Atle Holtskog
Erle Austdal Aarbrekk
Jens Cranner Dahle
Valentina Foss
Vetle Haakstad
2024
Andreas Hegland Simensen
Anita Kaltenborn
Daniel Celius Hansen
Eivind Larsen
Erik Hunstad
Jonas Romark Nilsen
Jonas Valåmo
Lars Kristian Nybo
Lisa Eide
Maria Lægdene Næss
Selma Kjos
2023
Anna Høyem Lademo
Asbjørn Øvrehus
Axel Aurelius Paulsen Brundell
Ida Elisabeth Aas Karlstad
Omar Chelbi Rusten
Viktor Lunde
Previous Members of Honour and Honorary Members:
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Aksel Johan Fosse
Brage Øien
Einar Falkeid
Emil Wiik
Eyvor Tokle Hoff
Hanne Alise Heien
Ingvild Sandvin Groven
Jo Petter Helstad
Liza Marie Norum Wanda
Marie Liland Hartveit
Thea Ruf
Thomas Walmsley
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Helene Rekaa
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Beate Rose Gjendemsjø
Eivind Steiro "Bergo" Berg-Hanssen
Hanne Bjørnås Krogstie
Maria Helene Johansen
Mika Hannasvik
Ola Solli Grønningsæter
Ruben Åge Hansen
Vegard Myhre
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Anne Refsholt
Eva Marlene Stirø
Henrik Jirachote Carlson
Karina Nybø
Sigrid Jæger Wexsahl
Selma Tofte Granerud
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Anders Jorud Meyer
Anne Helene Sandsmark
Bjørn Hafskjold
Håkon Olai Ellingsen Sæther
Mikkel Emil Lange Friis
Sven Herman Holmsen
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Adrian Antonsen
Anders Sundsdal
Anna Bergan Dahl
Brita Andrea Randa Jerijärvi
Emil Karlsen
Filip Sarfi
Jakob Emil Larsen
Kenneth Klungland Stange
Lasse August Dørum Backer
Madeleine Julia Stenshorne Gundersen
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Andreas Lykke
Anna Haukedal Andreassen
Gustav Nore
Ingrid Fause Steen
Julian André Vedeler
Sigrid Sløgedal Løvland
Sindre Kristian Alvsvåg
Vincent Simensen
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Anine Larsen Ottestad
Helena Midtbø
Håvard Lindholm
Maren Elisabeth Kloster
Sindre Kristian Alvsvåg
Sofie Sagvaag Kristensen
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Karen Dundas
Lilja Brekke Thorfinnsdottir
Olav Galteland
Ruben Møller Aas
Stine Kleven
Vilde Wiig Hansen
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Anna Katharina Rongved
Eivind Bøe Dreier
Elisa Elmies
Eva Madland
Ingrid Lingaas Fossum
Jacob Prescott
Nora Meling Eriksen