Cappelen Prize

The Cappelen Prize (Norwegian: Cappelenprisen) is a Norwegian literary award that was established in 1979 by the publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house.[1][2] It has not been awarded after J.W. Cappelens Forlag merged with N. W. Damm & Søn to Cappelen Damm in 2007.

Laureates

• 1979 – Thorbjørn Egner
• 1980 – Odd Eidem
• 1981 – Hans Normann Dahl and Vivian Zahl Olsen
• 1982 – Bjørg Vik and Jahn Otto Johansen
• 1983 – Richard Herrmann, Otto Øgrim, Helmut Ormestad and Kåre Lunde
• 1984 – Lars Saabye Christensen, Ove Røsbak, Rune Belsvik and Karin Sveen
• 1985 – Kolbein Falkeid and Arvid Hanssen
• 1986 – Inger Margrethe Gaarder and Fredrik Skagen
• 1988 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen
• 1989 – Vigdis Hjorth
• 1990 – Kjell Arild Pollestad and Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld
• 1991 – Paal-Helge Haugen
• 1992 – Axel Jensen
• 1993 – Erik Bye and Tor Bomann-Larsen
• 1994 – No award
• 1995 – No award
• 1996 – Gert Nygårdshaug
• 1997 – Erlend Loe
• 1998 – No award
• 1999 – Georg Johannesen
• 2000 – Gro Dahle
• 2001 – Anne Holt
• 2002 – Jan Jakob Tønseth
• 2003 – Karin Fossum
• 2004 – Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Ingeborg Arvola, Ørnulf Hodne, Anne-Lise Gjerdrum
• 2005 – No award
• 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen and Torbjørn Færøvik
• 2007 – 2012: No awards

References

1. "Cappelenprisen – Store norske leksikon". Snl.no. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
2. "litteratur – Store norske leksikon". Snl.no. Retrieved 2015-05-21.