The Elsa Beskow plaque, established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association (Svensk bibkioteksföreniningen), is a Swedish award given to the artist who has created the best Swedish picture book for children or the best illustrated Swedish children's book during the previous year.[1]

The jury for the award consists of six members appointed by the main board of the library association. Four of the members must be active children's librarians, one whom should be the leader of the association's group for children's library activities. The remaining two jury members are external experts in children's literature and illustration art. The jury may choose to award the prize for an artist's overall production. The prize amount has been SEK 25,000 since 2008.[2]

The award is named after the Swedish picture book artist, Elsa Beskow.[3]

Award recipients

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Ilon Wikland, prize winner in 1969
 
Cecilia Torudd, winner 1983
 
Sven Nordqvist, winner 1989
Year Award recipients Original book name Book name in English
1958 Tove Jansson Trollvinter Moominland Midwinter
1959 Martin Lamm All världens vackra sagor All the world's beautiful fairy tales
1960 Ulf Löfgren Barnen i djungeln Children in the jungle
1961 Eva Billow Filippa Hallondoft Filippa Raspberry fragrance
1962 Not awarded this year
1963 Anna Riwkin-Brick Overall production
1964 Fibben Hald Katten blåste i silverhorn The cat blew his silver horn
1965 Stig Södersten Overall production
1966 Lasse Sandberg Lilla spöket Laban Little ghost Laban
1967 Poul Ströyer Overall production
1968 Eric Palmquist Overall production
1969 Ilon Wikland Overall production
1970 Inga Borg Overall production
1971 Björn Berg Emil i Lönneberga and Teskjekjerringa Emil of Lönneberga and Mrs. Pepperpot
1972 Harald Gripe Maria Gripes bøker
1973 Kaj Beckman Overall production
1974 Sven Hemmel Overall production
1975 Mats Andersson Overall production
1976 Harald Wiberg Den stora snöstormen Big Snowstorm
1977 Jan Lööf Skrot-Nisse Scrap Elf
1978 Thomas Bergman Vem förstår oss Who Understands Us
1979 Gunilla Bergström Ramsor och tramsor om Bill och Bolla Rhymes About Bill and Bolla
1980 Tord Nygren Overall production
1981 Eva Eriksson Mamman och den vilda bebin Mother and the Wild Baby
1982 Ann-Madeleine Gelotte Tyra i 10:an Odengatan Tyra in 10 Odengatan
1983 Cecilia Torudd Daghemmet Rödmyran The Rödmyran daycare
1984 Lena Anderson Maja tittar på naturen Maja looks at nature
1985 Bengt Arne Runnerström Arhuaco Sierra Nevada Arhuaco Sierra Nevada
1986 Anna-Clara Tidholm Overall production
1987 Lars Klinting Overall production
1988 Anna Höglund Jaguaren The Jaguar
1989 Sven Nordqvist Gubben og katten and Nasse The old man and the cat and Piggy
1990 Gunna Grähs Overall production
1991 Bodil Hagbrink Barnen från Tibet Children of Tibet
1992 Olof Landström Nisse hos frisören and Herr Bohm och sillen Elf at the hairdresser and Herr Bohm and the herring
1993 Pija Lindenbaum Bra Börje Good Start
1994 Anna Bengtsson Barnvaktsbarn and Fredrik Matsson blir kär Babysitter's child and Fredrik Matsson falls in love
1995 Eva Lindström Gunnar i granskogen Gunnar in the spruce forest
1996 Lisa Örtengren Dockvandringen The puppet walk
1997 Pernilla Stalfelt Hårboken Hair book
1998 Mati Lepp ABCD-boken The ABCD book
1999 Jockum Nordström Var är Sailor och Pekka Where are Sailor and Pekka
2000 Stina Wirsén Rut och Knut ställer ut Rut and Knut exhibit
2001 Ann Forslind Overall production
2002 Jeanette Milde När jag mötte Carl Einar When I met Carl Einar
2003 Jens Ahlbom Overall production
2004 Annika Samuelsson Snurran och den osande abborren The spinner and the oozing perch
2005 Kristina Digman Overall production
2006 Gunilla Ingves Bøkene om Nalle Bruno The books about Teddy Bear Bruno
2007 Charlotte Ramel Overall production
2008 Staffan Gnosspelius Gå och bada, Mister Räf! Go swimming, Mister Fox!
2009 Lotta Geffenblad Overall production
2010 Inger Rydén Den lilla hunden The little dog
2011 Lena Sjöberg Tänk om… What if…
2012 Sara Lundberg Vita streck och Öjvind White lines and Öjvind
2013 Emma Adbåge Lenis Olle and her other production Lenis Olle and her other productions
2014 Per Gustavsson Skuggsidan The shadow side
2015 Annika Thor and Maria Jönsson Flickan från långt borta The girl from far away
2016 Viveka Sjögren Om du skulle fråga Micha If you asked Micha
2017 Emma Virke Klä på Herr H. Dress up Mr. H.

References

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  1. ^ "Stadgar Elsa Beskow-plaketten" [Statutes of the Elsa Beskow plaque] (PDF) (in Swedish). Svensk bibkioteksföreniningen.
    - "Elsa Beskow-plaketten" (in Swedish). Svenska barnboksinstitutet. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
    - Mary Ørvig (1973). Children's Books in Sweden 1945-1970: A Survey. Vienna: Printing Office of the Austrian Children's Book Club.
  2. ^ "Elsa Beskow-plaketten Winners". Goodreads. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Elsa Beskow and her Swedish Children's Books". Floris Books. Retrieved 28 April 2024.