Astrid Lindgren Prize

Not to be confused with Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

The Astrid Lindgren-priset, or Astrid Lindgren Prize in English, is a Swedish literary award. It is named after the popular Swedish writer of the same name. It is more specific to Scandinavia than the International Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. It is awarded annually on Astrid Lindgren's birthday, 14 November.

Recipients

1967: Åke Holmberg 1968: Ann Mari Falk 1969: Harry Kullman 1970: Lennart Hellsing 1971: Hans Peterson 1972: Maria Gripe 1973: Barbro Lindgren 1974: Inger and Lasse Sandberg 1975: Hans-Eric Hellberg 1976: Irmelin Sandman Lilius 1977: Kerstin Thorvall 1978: Gunnel Linde 1979: Rose Lagercrantz 1980: Maud Reuterswärd (posthumously) 1981: Gunilla Bergström 1982: Inger Brattström 1983: Siv Widerberg 1984: Astrid Bergman Sucksdorff 1985: Viveca Lärn 1986: Margareta Strömstedt 1987: Nan Inger Östman 1988: Lena Anderson and Christina Björk 1989: Annika Holm 1990: Maj Bylock

1991: Max Lundgren 1992: Sven Christer Swahn 1993: Ulf Stark 1994: Eva Wikander 1995: Peter Pohl 1996: Henning Mankell 1997: Anna-Clara and Thomas Tidholm 1998: Bo R. Holmberg 1999: Per Nilsson 2000: Annika Thor 2001: Eva Eriksson 2002: Stefan Casta 2003: Sven Nordqvist 2004: Pernilla Stalfelt 2005: Jujja Wieslander 2006: Ulf Nilsson 2007: Helena Östlund 2008: Pija Lindenbaum 2009: Olof and Lena Landström 2010: Moni Nilsson-Brännström 2011: Jan Lööf 2012: Katarina Kieri 2013: Katarina von Bredow 2014: Frida Nilsson 2015: Mårten Sandén