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 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	Rosa Liksom

Recipients

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	Faroese	poetry, novel, short story
1988		Nils Erik Enkvist (1925–2009)	Finland	Finnish	literary criticism, linguistics
1989		Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994)	Norway	Norwegian	poetry
1990		Henrik Nordbrandt (b. 1945)	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 (b. 1927)	Denmark	Danish	essay, literary criticism
2003		Lars Norén (1944–2021)	Sweden	Swedish	drama, novel, poetry
2004		Guðbergur Bergsson (b. 1932)	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 (b. 1929)	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]

References

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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.
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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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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.