Swedish Academy Finland Prize Explained

The Finland Prize (Swedish: Finlandspriset) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy since 1966. It is awarded to somebody that has done important activities for the Swedish-speaking culture in Finland.^[1] The amount was 100,000 crowns in 2007.

Recipients

1966 – Hagar Olsson
1967 – Rabbe Enckell
1968 – Georg Henrik von Wright
1969 – Tito Colliander
1970 – Solveig von Schoultz
1971 – Bo Carpelan
1972 – Tove Jansson
1973 – Rabbe Enckell
1974 – Olof Enckell
1975 – Erik Ekelund
1976 – Christer Kihlman
1977 – Olav Ahlbäck
1978 – Johannes Salminen
1979 – Erik Tawaststjerna
1980 – Lars Huldén
1981 – Göran Schildt
1982 – Oscar Nikula
1983 – Erik Stenius
1984 – Carl-Eric Thors
1985 – Erik Allardt
1986 – Torsten Steinby
1987 – Kai Laitinen
1988 – Claes Andersson
1989 – Matti Klinge
1990 – Ulla-Lena Lundberg
1991 – Johan Wrede
1992 – Tua Forsström
1993 – Jan-Magnus Jansson
1994 – Max Engman
1995 – Clas Zilliacus
1996 – Valdemar Nyman
1997 – Kari Tarkiainen
1998 – Mikael Enckell
1999 – Ralf Långbacka
2000 – Finsk Tidskrift
2001 – Thomas Warburton
2002 – Märta Tikkanen
2003 – Tuva Korsström
2004 – Jörn Donner
2005 – Peter Sandelin
2006 – Rainer Knapas
2007 – Henrik Meinander
2008 – Christer Kihlman
2009 – Nils Erik Forsgård
2010 – Ann Sandelin
2011 – Gösta Ågren
2012 – Pär Stenbäck
2013 – Gunvor Kronman
2014 – Michel Ekman
2015 – Mikael Reuter
2016 – Fred Karlsson
2017 – Paavo Lipponen
2018 – Kjell Westö
2019 – Marika Tandefelt

Notes and References

Web site: Fullständig förteckning över Akademiens priser. 13 June 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170714095404/http://www.svenskaakademien.se/akademiens-priser/fullstandig-forteckning-over-akademiens-priser. 14 July 2017.