Fred Åkerström grant explained

Fred Åkerström grant
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Country:	Sweden
Presenter:	Visfestivalen
Reward:	40 000 SEK

Fred Åkeström grant is an allowance granted every year to "a person who has worked in a significant way to preserve, develop, and / or create Swedish visor." It was named after Fred Åkerström. The custom began in 1987 by the in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar. The grant is awarded during the Visfestival and the prize money is 40,000 krona.^[1]

Grant winners

• 1987 –
• 1988 – Åsa Jinder
• 1989 – Ewert Ljusberg
• 1990 – Lena Willemark
• 1991 –
• 1992 –
• 1993 – Mikael Samuelson & Mats Bergström
• 1994 – Ola Magnell
• 1995 –
• 1996 – Stefan Sundström
• 1997 –
• 1998 – Björn Ulvaeus
• 1999 –
• 2000 – Olle Adolphson
• 2001 –
• 2002 – Kjell Höglund
• 2003 –
• 2004 –
• 2005 – CajsaStina Åkerström
• 2006 –
• 2007 – Alf Hambe
• 2008 – Jack Vreeswijk
• 2009 – Marie Bergman
• 2010 –
• 2011 –
• 2012 – Stefan Andersson
• 2013 –

Notes and References

1. Web site: VisFestivalen i Västervik :: Stipendiater . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709222930/http://visfestivalen.se/stipendiater/ . dead . 2012-07-09 . 2012-07-09 . 2019-05-09.