Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

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 kr 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]

Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
Awarded forthe Nordic writer who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests
Date1986
LocationStockholm, Stockholm
CountrySweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
Reward(s)A monetary award of SEK 400,000
Currently held bySjón

Recipients

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Year Picture 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]

References

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  11. ^ "Askildsen prisad av Akademien". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 14 March 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
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  16. ^ Staff writer (15 March 2013). "Now Swedish Academy's turn to honour author Oksanen". YLE Uutiset. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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  19. ^ "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris" (in Swedish).
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  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.