Adamson Awards

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Adamson Awards
Awarded forAchievements in comics
Venue Gothenburg Book Fair
Country Sweden
Presented by Swedish Academy of Comic Art
First awarded1965

Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists, named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam). There are two award categories: International and Swedish cartoonist.

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They have been presented by the Swedish Academy of Comic Art (SACA) since 1965. There have been years in that time when neither award or only one of the two awards was presented.

Best International Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

Best Swedish Comic-Strip [or comic book] Cartoonist

Golden Adamson (for lifetime comic medium achievement)

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