Editing Victor Borge (section)

==Awards and honors==
Borge received an [[honorary degree]] from [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College Connecticut]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite news | title = Danish Rabbi Will Visit Area Temple | date = 15 September 1997 | url = https://www.courant.com/1997/09/15/danish-rabbi-will-visit-area-temple/ | work=Hartford Courant | access-date =3 October 2010 | quote = [Bent Melchior] will also speak at Trinity College and, along with Victor Borge, receive an honorary degree from the college.}}</ref> Over the years, he was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Butler University]]  in 1970, [[Dana College]]  in 1976 and the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1983. In addition, he was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from [[Luther College (Iowa)|Luther College]] in 1985.<ref name="HDD"/>

When the [[Royal Danish Orchestra]] celebrated its 550th anniversary in 1998, Borge was appointed an honorary member<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aaretspressefoto.dk/index.php?aar=1998&vis=liste | title = Årets Pressefoto 1998 | access-date = 3 October 2010 | language = da | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120641/http://www.aaretspressefoto.dk/index.php?aar=1998&vis=liste | archive-date = 19 July 2011 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> — at that time one of only ten in the orchestra's history.<ref>The others were [[Edwin Fischer]], A.W. Nielsen, Svend Wilhelm Hansen, [[Igor Markevitch]], [[Sergiu Celibidache]], Hanne Wilhelm Hansen, Henning Rohde, Peter Augustinus and [[Danny Kaye]].</ref>
[[File:Victor Borge 1999.jpg|thumb|Borge with Kennedy Center Honors in 1999]]
Victor Borge received numerous awards and honors during the course of his career. Borge received [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 1999. He was decorated with badges of [[chivalric order]]s by the five Nordic countries, receiving the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] (Denmark), [[Order of Vasa]] (Sweden), in 1973 the Knight First Class of the [[Order of St. Olav]] (Norway), [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]], and the [[Order of the Falcon]] (Iceland).<ref>{{cite journal |title=News in Brief |journal=News of Norway |date=April 6, 1973 |volume=30 |issue=7 |page=28 |publisher=Norwegian Information Service |quote=The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav – Knight First Class – has been awarded to the Danish-born American entertainer, Mr. Victor Borge, for his activities in establishing and carrying on the work of the scholarship program Thanks to Scandinavia, Inc. The decoration was presented to Mr. Borge by Norway's Consul General in New York, Mr. Eigil Nygaard.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kennedy-center.org/artist/A3700 | title = Victor Borge |website=Kennedy-center.org| access-date =16 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://kor.dk/borge/b-bio-3.htm|title=Victor Borge Honored by the Kennedy Center|publisher= Werner Knudsen|author= Marshall H. Cohen|date= 18 June 2007|access-date= 15 March 2016}}</ref> In 1986, he was a recipient of the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] in recognition of his contributions to the improvement of American society.<ref name="HDD"/><ref>[https://www.eihonors.org/medalists Ellis Island Medal of Honor - Victor Borge (1986) on eihonors.org]</ref>