Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
Awarded for	the Nordic writer who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests
Date	1986
Location	Stockholm, Stockholm
Country	Sweden
Presented by	Swedish Academy
Reward(s)	A monetary award of SEK 400,000
Currently held by	Sjón

Last updated October 06, 2023

The Nordic Prize (Swedish: nordiska pris) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy. The recipient is someone from the Nordic countries who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests.^[1] The inaugural award was in 1986 and was founded with a donation from Karen and Karl Ragnar Gierows.^[1] The prize amount consists of SKr 400,000.^[1] The prize has been referred to as the "little Nobel" because it is awarded by the same Academy that gives the Nobel Prize.^[2]

Recipients

Year	Laureate	Country	Language(s)	Genre(s)	References
1986	Villy Sørensen (1929–2001)	Denmark	Danish	short story, philosophy, literary criticism
1987	William Heinesen (1900–1991)	Faroe Islands	Danish	poetry, novel, short story
1988	Nils Erik Enkvist [ sv ] (1925–2009)	Finland	Finnish	literary criticism, linguistics
1989	Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994)	Norway	Norwegian	poetry
1990	Henrik Nordbrandt (1945–2023)	Denmark	Danish	poetry, novel, essay
1991	Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015)	Sweden	Swedish	poetry, translation
1992	Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925–2011)	Iceland	Icelandic	novel, short story
1993	Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008)	Finland	Finnish	poetry, drama, essay
1994	Inger Christensen (1935–2009)	Denmark	Danish	poetry, novel, essay
1995	Lars Ahlin (1915–1997)	Sweden	Swedish	novel
1996	Arne Næss (1912–2009)	Norway	Norwegian	philosophy
1997	Bo Carpelan (1926–2011)	Finland	Finnish	poetry, novel
1998	Lars Forssell (1928–2007)	Sweden	Swedish	poetry, drama, songwriting
1999	Klaus Rifbjerg (1931–2015)	Denmark	Danish	novel, short story, essay, drama, poetry
2000	Lars Huldén (1926–2016)	Finland	Finnish	translation, linguistics
2001	Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009)	Sweden	Finnish and Swedish	short story, novel, essay
2002	Torben Brostrøm [ da ] (1927–2020)	Denmark	Danish	essay, literary criticism
2003	Lars Norén (1944–2021)	Sweden	Swedish	drama, novel, poetry
2004	Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023)	Iceland	Icelandic	novel, short story, translation
2005	Göran Sonnevi (b. 1939)	Sweden	Swedish	poetry, translation	^[3]^[4]
2006	Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952)	Denmark	Danish	poetry, novel, drama	^[5]^[6]
2007	Jon Fosse (b. 1959)	Norway	Norwegian	novel, drama, poetry, essay	^[7]^[8]
2008	Sven-Eric Liedman (b. 1939)	Sweden	Swedish	philosophy, essay	^[9]^[10]
2009	Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021)	Norway	Norwegian	short story, novel	^[11]^[12]
2010	Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020)	Sweden	Swedish	drama, novel
2011	Ernst Håkon Jahr (b. 1948)	Norway	Norwegian	linguistics	^[13]^[14]
2012	Einar Már Guðmundsson (b. 1954)	Iceland	Icelandic	novel, short story, poetry, essay	^[15]
2013	Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977)	Finland	Finnish and English	poetry, drama, novel, essay	^[16]
2014	Lars Gustafsson (1936–2016)	Sweden	Swedish	poetry, novel, short stories
2015	Thomas Bredsdorff (b. 1937)	Denmark	Danish	literary criticism	^[17]
2016	Monika Fagerholm (b. 1961)	Sweden	Swedish	novel, short story	^[18]
2017	Dag Solstad (b. 1941)	Norway	Norwegian	novel, short story, drama	^[19]
2018	Agneta Pleijel (b. 1940)	Sweden	Swedish	novel, drama, poetry, literarcy criticism	^[20]
2019	Karl Ove Knausgård (b. 1958)	Norway	Norwegian	novel, autobiography	^[21]
2020	Rosa Liksom (b. 1958)	Finland	Finnish	novel, short story	^[22]
2021	Eldrid Lunden (b. 1940)	Norway	Norwegian	poetry, essays	^[23]
2022	Naja Marie Aidt (b. 1963)	Denmark	Danish	poetry, short story, drama, novel	^[24]
2023	Sjón (b. 1962)	Iceland	Icelandic	poetry, novel, lyrics	^[25]

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[about2012-1] 1 2 3 "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris" (in Swedish). svenskaakademien.se. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015.

[2] "Icelander to receive Nordic Literature Prize". IceNews. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

[3] "Sonnevi får Akademiens Nordiska pris". SvT (in Swedish). 18 March 2005. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[4] "Lilla Nobelpriset till Göran Sonnevi". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 18 March 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[5] "Dansk poet belönas med Akademiens nordiska pris". SvT (in Swedish). 21 March 2006. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[6] "Akademiens nordiska pris till Pia Tafdrup". Kristianstadtsbladet (in Swedish). 21 March 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[7] "Jon Fosse prisas av Svenska Akademien". nummer.se (in Swedish). 13 March 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[8] "Fosse får Akademiens nordiska pris". DN.se (in Swedish). 13 March 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[9] "Liedman får Akademiens nordiska pris". BLT (in Swedish). 7 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[10] "Liedman får Akademiens nordiska pris". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 7 March 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[11] "Askildsen prisad av Akademien". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 14 March 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[12] "Jahr får Akademiens nordiska pris". NSD (in Swedish). 15 March 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[13] "Jahr får Akademiens nordiska pris". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 15 March 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[14] "Jahr får Akademiens nordiska pris". dn.se (in Swedish). 16 March 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[15] "Svenska Akademien prisar Einar Már Guðmundsson". Bokmassan, Bok & Bibliotek (in Swedish). 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

[16] Staff writer (15 March 2013). "Now Swedish Academy's turn to honour author Oksanen". YLE Uutiset. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[17] "Den danske litteraturvetaren Thomas Bredsdorff får Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris för 2015". Upsala Nya Tidning. 20 March 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

[18] "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris" (in Swedish).

[19] "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris" (in Swedish).

[20] "Agneta Pleijel 2018" (in Swedish).

[21] "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris 2019" (in Swedish).

[22] "The Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize for 2020". Svenska Akademien. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[23] "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris 2021 | Svenska Akademien". www.svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

[24] "Högtidssammankomst 2022 | Svenska Akademien". www.svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

[25] "Sjón tilldelas Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris". www.svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

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