H. C. Ørsted Medal

For the medal awarded by the American Association of Physics Teachers, see Oersted Medal.

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The H. C. Ørsted Medal is a medal for scientific achievement awarded by the Danish Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science (danish: Selskabet for naturlærens udbredelse). It is named after founder of the society Hans Christian Ørsted, and awarded chiefly to Danes.

Medals

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The medal is awarded in three versions:^[1]

Gold "for excellent scientific work in the fields of physics and chemistry published in recent years"
Silver "for excellent research dissemination of exact science to wider circles over a number of years"
Bronze "for many years of excellent dissemination of exact science to wider circles through e.g. teaching, museum activities, arrangement of competitions, association activities or similar"