Norwegian Booksellers' Prize Explained

The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.^[1]

The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980.^{[2] [3]}

Prize winners

• 1948 – Sigurd Hoel
  • 1961 – Kristian Kristiansen 1962 – Vera Henriksen
    • 1963 – Terje Stigen 1964 – Elisabeth Dored 1965 – Johan Borgen
• 1966 – Ebba Haslund
• 1967 – Kristian Kristiansen and Tarjei Vesaas
  • • 1968 – Odd Eidem and Hans Heiberg 1969 – Finn Alnæs and Richard Herrmann 1981 – Leif B. Lillegaard
• 1982 – Anne Karin Elstad
• 1983 – Herbjørg Wassmo
• 1984 – Torill Thorstad Hauger
• 1985 – Jo Benkow
• 1986 – Anne-Cath. Vestly
• 1987 – Fredrik Skagen
• 1988 – Bjørg Vik
• 1989 – Gunnar Staalesen
• 1990 – Lars Saabye Christensen
• 1991 – Roy Jacobsen
• 1992 – Karsten Alnæs
• 1993 – Jostein Gaarder
• 1994 – Klaus Hagerup
• 1995 – Anne Holt
• 1996 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen
• 1997 – Karin Fossum
• 1998 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
• 1999 – Erlend Loe
• 2000 – Jo Nesbø
• 2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen
• 2002 – Åsne Seierstad
• 2003 – Per Petterson
• 2004 – Levi Henriksen
• 2005 – Anne B. Ragde
• 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
• 2007 – Jo Nesbø
• 2008 – Tore Renberg
• 2009 – Roy Jacobsen
• 2010 – Jan-Erik Fjell
• 2011 – Jørn Lier Horst
• 2012 – Per Petterson
• 2013 – Cecilie Enger
• 2014 – Lars Mytting
• 2015 – Maja Lunde
• 2016 – Vigdis Hjorth
• 2017 – Helga Flatland
• 2018 – Simon Stranger
• 2019 – Lisa Aisato
• 2020 – Tore Renberg
• 2021 – Abid Raja
• 2022 – Zeshan Shakar
• 2023 – Oliver Lovrenski^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bokhandlerprisen. https://web.archive.org/web/20071024111217/http://www.barum.folkebibl.no/utiverden/litteraturpris/alle.html . dead . 2007-10-24 . barum.folkebibl . April 1, 2018.
2. http://www.barum.folkebibl.no/utiverden/litteraturpris/skjonn.html Summary of various prizes including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (in Norwegian)
3. http://www.bokhandlerforeningen.no/Markedsaktiviteter_og_bokpriser/Bokhandlerprisen/1602 Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
4. Web site: Nedrebø . Ingrid . 2023-11-14 . Oliver Lovrenski (19) får Bokhandlerprisen som tidenes yngste . 2023-11-14 . NRK . nn-NO.