List of Nordic Academy Award winners and nominees explained

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This list is current as of the 94th Academy Awards.

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Actor
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1987	Max von Sydow	/	Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren)
2007	Viggo Mortensen	/	Eastern Promises
2016			Captain Fantastic
2018			Green Book

Actress in a Leading Role

Actress
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1929-1930	Greta Garbo		Anna Christie
Romance
1936			Camille
1939			Ninotchka
1942	Ingrid Bergman		For Whom the Bell Tolls
1944			Gaslight
1945			The Bells of St. Mary's
1948			Joan of Arc
1956			Anastasia
1971			The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)		Ullman is a Norwegian actress who was born in Japan.
1975	Ann-Margret		Tommy
1976	Liv Ullmann		Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)
1978	Ingrid Bergman		Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actor
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2011	Max von Sydow	/	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Actress in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actress
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1971	Ann-Margret		Carnal Knowledge
1974	Ingrid Bergman		Murder on the Orient Express
1989	Lena Olin		Enemies: A Love Story
2015	Alicia Vikander		The Danish Girl

Production Design

Production Design
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1931	Max Rée		Cimarron
1955	Tambi Larsen		The Rose Tattoo		Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.
1963			Hud		Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Robert R. Benton.
1965			The Spy Who Came in from the Cold		Shared with Hal Pereira, Ted Marshall and Josie MacAvin.
1970			The Molly MaGuires		Shared with Darrell Silvera.
1981			Heaven's Gate		Shared with James L. Berkey.
1961	Eric Orbom		Spartacus		Shared with Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron.
1982	Anna Asp		Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)

Cinematography

Cinematography
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1972	Sven Nykvist		Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
1982			Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
1988			The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1989	Mikael Salomon		The Abyss	The Abyss
2016	Linus Sandgren		La La Land
2017	Hoyte van Hoytema	/	Dunkirk		Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer.
	Dan Laustsen		The Shape of Water
2021			Nightmare Alley
2023	Hoyte van Hoytema	/	Oppenheimer

Costume Design

Costume Design
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1960	Marik Vos-Lundh	/	The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan)		Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer.
1972			Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
1975	Ulla-Britt Söderlund		Barry Lyndon		Shared with Milena Canonero.
Karin Erskine Henny Noremark	The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten)
1982	Marik Vos-Lundh	/	Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Makeup and Hairstyling
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2014	Love Larson Eva Von Bahr		The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
2015			A Man Called Ove
2018	Göran Lundström Pamela Goldammer		Border
2021	Love Larson Eva Von Bahr		Dune		Shared with Donald Mowat.
	Göran Lundström Anna Carin Lock		House of Gucci		Shared with Frederic Aspiras.

Editing

Editing
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2020	Mikkel E. G. Nielsen		Sound of Metal
2022			The Banshees of Inisherin

Visual Effects

Visual Effects
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1991	Mikael Salomon		Backdraft

Director

Director
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1972	Jan Troell		The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
1973	Ingmar Bergman		Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
1976			Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)
1983			Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
1987	Lasse Hallström		My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)
1999			The Cider House Rules
2014	Morten Tyldum		The Imitation Game
2020	Thomas Vinterberg		Another Round (Druk)
2022	Ruben Östlund		Triangle of Sadness

International Feature Film

See also: List of Danish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

See also: List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

See also: List of Icelandic submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

See also: List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

See also: List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

This list focuses on films from Nordic countries that won or were nominated for the International Feature Film award.

International Feature Film
Year	Film	Country	Director	Status	Milestone / Notes
1956	Qivitoq		Erik Balling
1957	Nine Lives		Arne Skouen
1959	Paw		Astrid Henning-Jensen
1960	The Virgin Spring		Ingmar Bergman
1961	Harry and the Butler		Bent Christensen
Through a Glass Darkly		Ingmar Bergman
1964		Raven's End	Bo Widerberg
1965		Dear John	Lars-Magnus Lindgren
1969		Ådalen '31	Bo Widerberg
1971		The Emigrants	Jan Troell
1972		The New Land
1982		The Flight of the Eagle
1983		Fanny and Alexander	Ingmar Bergman
1987	Babette's Feast		Gabriel Axel
Pathfinder		Nils Gaup
1988	Pelle the Conqueror		Bille August
1989	Waltzing Regitze		Kaspar Rostrup
1991	Children of Nature		Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
The Ox		Sven Nykvist
1995		All Things Fair	Bo Widerberg
1996	The Other Side of Sunday		Berit Nesheim
1999	Under the Sun		Colin Nutley
2001	Elling		Petter Næss
2002	The Man Without a Past		Aki Kaurismäki
2003	Evil		Mikael Håfström
2004	As It Is in Heaven		Kay Pollak
2006	After the Wedding		Susanne Bier
2010	In a Better World
2012	Kon-Tiki		Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg
A Royal Affair		Nikolaj Arcel
2013		The Hunt	Thomas Vinterberg
2015		A War	Tobias Lindholm
2016		Land of Mine	Martin Zandvliet
A Man Called Ove		Hannes Holm
2017		The Square	Ruben Östlund
2020	Another Round		Thomas Vinterberg
2021	Flee		Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The Worst Person in the World		Joachim Trier

Animated Feature

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Animated Feature award.

Animated Feature
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2021	Jonas Poher Rasmussen Monica Hellström Signe Byrge Sørensen		Flee		Shared with Charlotte de la Gournerie.

Animated Short

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the animated, short film award.

Animated Short
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1999	Torill Kove	/	My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts		Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator.
2006			The Danish Poet
2007	Gary Rydstrom (US-born)		Lifted
2020	Gísli Darri Halldórsson Arnar Gunnarsson		Yes-People
2022	Sara Gunnarsdóttir		My Year of Dicks		Shared with Pamela Ribon

Live Action Short

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the live action, short film award.

Live Action Short
Year	Film	Country	Director and Producer	Status	Milestone / Notes
1997	Ernst & Lyset		Anders Thomas Jensen Kim Magnusson
1998	Wolfgang
2000	Election Night
2003	Der Er En Yndig Mand		Martin Strange-Hansen Mie Andreasen
2006	The Last Farm		Rúnar Rúnarsson
2007	Helmer & Son		Søren Pilmark Kim Magnusson
2008	At Night		Christian E. Christiansen Louise Vesth
2009	The Pig		Tivi Magnusson Dorte Høgh
2010	The New Tenants		Joachim Back Tivi Magnusson
	Instead of Abracadabra		Patrik Eklund Mathias Fjellström
2011	Tuba Atlantic		Hallvar Witzø		Nomination was rescinded after it was revealed the short had aired on television prior to its theatrical release.^[1]
2013	Helium		Anders Walter Kim Magnusson
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa?		Selma Vilhunen Kirsikka Saari
2016			Aske Bang Kim Magnusson
2021	On My Mind	Martin Strange-Hansen Kim Magnusson
2022	Ivalu	Anders Walter Rebecca Pruzan
Night Ride		Eirik Tveiten Gaute Lid Larssen
2023	Knight of Fortune		Lasse Lyskjær Noer Christian Norlyk

Documentary

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Documentary award.

Documentary
Year	Film	Country	Director / Recipient	Status	Milestone / Notes
1951	Kon Tiki		Olle Nordemar		Producer / Editor. Norwegian film, Swedish recipient.
1971	Ra		Thor Heyerdahl and Lennart Ehrenborg
2009	Burma VJ		Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
2012	Searching for Sugar Man		Malik Bendjelloul		Shared with Simon Chinn.
2013	The Act of Killing		Signe Byrge Sørensen		Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer.
2015	The Look of Silence
2017	Last Men in Aleppo		Søren Steen Jespersen		Shared with Feras Fayyad and Kareem Abeed.
2019	The Cave		Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær		Shared with Feras Fayyad.
2021	Flee		Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, and Signe Byrge Sørensen		Shared with Charlotte De La Gournerie.
2022	A House Made of Splinters		Monica Hellström, Simon Lereng Vilmont

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Documentary (Short Subject)
Year	Film	Country	Director / Recipient	Status	Milestone / Notes
1960	A City Called Copenhagen		Statens Filmcentral and The Danish Government Film Office

Music

Original Song

Original Song
Year	Name	Country	Film	Song	Status	Milestone / Notes
2000	Björk Sjón		Dancer in the Dark	"I've Seen It All"
Lars von Trier
2007	Markéta Irglová	/	Once	"Falling Slowly"		Irglová holds dual Czech and Icelandic citizenship. Shared with Glen Hansard.
2016	Max Martin Shellback		Trolls	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"		Shared with Justin Timberlake.
2020	Fat Max Gsus Rickard Göransson			"Husavik"		Shared with Savan Kotecha.
2022	Ludwig Göransson			"Lift Me Up"		Shared with Tems, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler

Original Score

Original Score
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1937	Leigh Harline (US-born)		Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940			Pinocchio
1942			The Pride of the Yankees
			You Were Never Lovelier
1943			Johnny Come Lately
			The Sky's the Limit
1962			The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
2014	Jóhann Jóhannsson		The Theory of Everything
2015			Sicario
2018	Ludwig Göransson		Black Panther
2019	Hildur Guðnadóttir		Joker
2023	Ludwig Göransson		Oppenheimer

Best Picture

Best Picture
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1972			The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
1973	Ingmar Bergman		Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)

Writing

Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1972	Bengt Forslund Jan Troell		The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
1987	Per Berglund Brasse Brännström Lasse Hallström Reidar Jönsson		My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)
2007	Hawk Ostby		Children of Men		Otsby was born in India, but grew up in Norway. Shared with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, and Mark Fergus.

Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1959			Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället)
1962	Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)
1973	Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
1978	Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
1983	Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
2021	Joachim Trier Eskil Vogt		The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)
2022	Ruben Östlund		Triangle of Sadness

Sound

Sound

Sound
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1992	Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish?
			Backdraft
1994			Jurassic Park
1998			Titanic
1999			Saving Private Ryan
2021			West Side Story

Sound Editing

Sound Editing
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
1992	Gary Rydstrom
			Backdraft
1994			Jurassic Park
1995	Per Hallberg		Braveheart		Shared with Lon Bender.
1997			Face/Off		Shared with Mark Stoeckinger.
1999	Gary Rydstrom		Saving Private Ryan
2002			Monsters, Inc.
2003			Minority Report
2004			Finding Nemo
2004	Paul N. J. Ottosson		Spider-Man 2
2007	Per Hallberg		The Bourne Ultimatum		Shared with Karen Baker Landers.
2009	Paul N. J. Ottosson		The Hurt Locker
2012			Zero Dark Thirty
	Per Hallberg		Skyfall		Shared with Karen Baker Landers.
	Gary Rydstrom		War Horse

Sound Mixing

Sound Mixing
Year	Name	Country	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2000	Gary Rydstrom US-born 1/2-swedish?
2009	Paul N. J. Ottosson		The Hurt Locker		Shared with Ray Beckett.
2011	Bo Persson		The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo		Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick and Ren Klyce.
2012	Gary Rydstrom		Lincoln
2013			War Horse
2016			Bridge of Spies
2020			Ad Astra

Special Categories

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Year	Name	Country	Awarded	Status	Milestone / Notes
1971	Ingmar Bergman		43rd Academy Awards

Academy Honorary Award

This list focuses on recipients of the Academy Honorary Award.

Academy Honorary Award
Year	Name	Country	Status	Milestone / Notes
1954	Greta Garbo			"for her unforgettable screen performances"
2021	Liv Ullmann			"her bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals"

Technical & Scientific

Technical & Scientific Awards
Year	Name	Film	Status	Milestone / Notes
2009	Steve Hylén^[2] ^[3] ^[4]	...		Scientific or Technical Award
2010	Sven Heden^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	...
1991	Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik			for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling
2002	Rune Ericsson^[8] ^[9]			For Super-16
2015				(Technical Achievement Award; For leading the design and development of Field3D - storing and accessing voxel data efficiently, allowing interchange between previously incompatible modeling, simulation and rendering software.
2020		...

Number of nominations/wins by country

Rank	Country	No. of nominations	No. of wins
1	Sweden	82	35
2	Denmark	40	16
3	Norway	14	2
4	Iceland	8	1
5	Finland	2	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: NEWSinENGLISH.no . Norway's Oscar film candidate 'should never have been nominated' . 2012-02-29 . 2022-03-01 .
2. Web site: Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award .
3. Added by László Schüszler
4. Web site: Lars Laszlo Schüszler . .
5. Web site: Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award .
6. Added by Lars László Schüszler
7. Web site: Lars Laszlo Schüszler . .
8. Web site: Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award .
9. Added by László Schüszler