The Astrid Lindgren Prize (Swedish: Astrid Lindgren-priset) is a Swedish literary award for children's literature named after the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The prize was instituted by the publishing house Rabén & Sjögren in 1967 to honour Lindgren on her 60th birthday.[1]

It is awarded annually on Lindgren's birthday, 14 November, to a Swedish writer for children and young adults;[1] this distinguishes it from the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which has a more international focus.

Recipients

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Astrid Lindgren Prize recipients[2]
Year Recipient Ref.
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) [3]
1981 Gunilla Bergström
1982 Inger Brattström
1983 Siv Widerberg
1984 Astrid Bergman Sucksdorff [4]
1985 Viveca Lärn
1986 Margareta Strömstedt
1987 Nan Inger Östman
1988 Lena Anderson
1988 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 [5]
2012 Katarina Kieri
2013 Katarina von Bredow
2014 Frida Nilsson
2015 Mårten Sandén
2016 Anna Höglund
2017 Jenny Jägerfeld
2018 Lisa Bjärbo
2019 Kerstin Lundberg Hahn [6][7]
2020 Jakob Wegelius
2021 Ylva Karlsson
2022 Mårten Melin [8]
2023 Johan Rundberg [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Astrid Lindgren-priset". Nationalencyklopedin. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ "The Astrid Lindgren Prize". Astrid Lindgren. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Maud Reuterswärd". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Astrid Bergman Sucksdorff". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  5. ^ "And winner of the Astrid Lindgren prize is…". Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015. Today author Jan Lööf was announced as winner of the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Prize.
  6. ^ Carlsson/TT, Oskar (14 November 2019). "Kerstin Lundberg Hahn får Astridpris". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ Svensson, Anna H. (14 November 2019). "Författare från Umeå vinner årets Astrid Lindgren-pris". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Mårten Melin får Astrid Lindgren-priset". www.aftonbladet.se. 14 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Johan Rundberg tilldelas Astrid Lindgren-priset 2023". svt.se. svt Nyheter. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2024.