Glass Key award explained

The Glass Key award (Swedish: Glasnyckeln, Danish: Glasnøglen, Norwegian: Glassnøkkelen, Finnish: Lasiavain-palkinto, Icelandic: Glerlykillinn) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.

The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia to a crime novel written by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.

Winners

Year	Author	Original title	English translation	Country
1992	MankellHenning Mankell	Mördare utan ansikte	Faceless Killers	Sweden
1993	HøegPeter Høeg	Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne	Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow	Denmark
1994	SmågeKim Småge	Sub Rosa	n/a	Norway
1995	LarsenErik Otto Larsen	Masken i spejlet	n/a	Denmark
1996	SkagenFredrik Skagen	Nattsug	n/a	Norway
1997	FossumKarin Fossum	Se dig ikke tilbake!	Don't Look Back	Norway
1998	NesbøJo Nesbø	Flaggermusmannen	The Bat	Norway
1999	DavidsenLeif Davidsen	Limes billede	Lime's Photograph	Denmark
2000	NesserHåkan Nesser	Carambole	Hour of the Wolf	Sweden
2001	AlvtegenKarin Alvtegen	Saknad	Missing	Sweden
2002	IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason	Mýrin	Jar City	Iceland
2003	IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason	Grafarþögn	Silence of the Grave	Iceland
2004	AustKurt Aust	Hjemsøkt	n/a	Norway/ Denmark
2005	RoslundAnders Roslund & Börge Hellström	Odjuret	The Beast	Sweden
2006	LarssonStieg Larsson	Män som hatar kvinnor	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Sweden
2007	RönkäMatti Rönkä	Ystävät kaukana	n/a	Finland
2008	LarssonStieg Larsson	Luftslottet som sprängdes	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest	Sweden
2009	TheorinJohan Theorin	Nattfåk	The Darkest Room	Sweden
2010	Adler-OlsenJussi Adler-Olsen	Flaskepost fra P	A Conspiracy of Faith	Denmark
2011	PerssonLeif G. W. Persson^[1]	Den döende detektiven	The Dying Detective	Sweden
2012	Valeur	Det syvende barn	The Seventh Child	Denmark
2013	HorstJørn Lier Horst	Jakthundene	The Hunting Dogs	Norway
2014	SveenGard Sveen	Den siste pilegrimen	The Last Pilgrim	Norway
2015	Rydahl	Eremitten	The Hermit	Denmark
2016	RielAne Riel	Harpiks	Resin	Denmark
2017	Persson GiolitoMalin Persson Giolito	Störst av allt	Quicksand	Sweden
2018	GrebeCamilla Grebe	Husdjuret	After She's Gone	Sweden
2019	JacksonStina Jackson	Silvervägen	The Silver Road	Sweden
2020	GrebeCamilla Grebe	Skuggjägaren	Shadow Hunter	Sweden
2021	AlsterdalTove Alsterdal	Rotvälta	We Know You Remember	Sweden
2022	HesseldahlMorten Hesseldahl	Mørket under isen	Darkness Under the Ice	Denmark
2023	Max Seeck	Kauna	The Last Grudge	Finland
2024	CarlssonChristopher Carlsson	Levende og døde	Living and Dead	Sweden

External links

• Glass Key winners (through 2004)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Nordic Crime Novel . Jun 16, 2011 . October 18, 2011.