| Swedish Academy Nordic Prize | |
| Awarded For: | the Nordic writer who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests |
| Date: | 1986 |
| Location: | Stockholm, Stockholm |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Presenter: | Swedish Academy |
| Reward: | A monetary award of SEK 400,000 |
| Holder: | Sjón |
The Nordic Prize (Swedish: nordiska pris) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy. The recipient is someone from the Nordic countries who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests.[1] The inaugural award was in 1986 and was founded with a donation from Karen and Karl Ragnar Gierows.[1] The prize amount consists of .[1] The prize has been referred to as the "little Nobel" because it is awarded by the same Academy that gives the Nobel Prize.[2]
| Year | Picture | Laureate | Country | Language(s) | Genre(s) | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Villy Sørensen (1929–2001) |  Denmark | Danish | short story, philosophy, literary criticism | |||
| 1987 | William Heinesen (1900–1991) |  Faroe Islands | Danish | poetry, novel, short story | |||
| 1988 | (1925–2009) |  Finland | Finnish | literary criticism, linguistics | |||
| 1989 | Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994) |  Norway | Norwegian | poetry | |||
| 1990 | Henrik Nordbrandt (1945–2023) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, essay | |||
| 1991 | Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015) |  Sweden | Swedish | poetry, translation | |||
| 1992 | Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925–2011) |  Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story | |||
| 1993 | Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008) | Finland | Finnish | poetry, drama, essay | |||
| 1994 | Inger Christensen (1935–2009) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, essay | |||
| 1995 | Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) | Sweden | Swedish | novel | |||
| 1996 | Arne Næss (1912–2009) | Norway | Norwegian | philosophy | |||
| 1997 | Bo Carpelan (1926–2011) | Finland | Finnish | poetry, novel | |||
| 1998 | Lars Forssell (1928–2007) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, drama, songwriting | |||
| 1999 | Klaus Rifbjerg (1931–2015) | Denmark | Danish | novel, short story, essay, drama, poetry | |||
| 2000 | Lars Huldén (1926–2016) | Finland | Finnish | translation, linguistics | |||
| 2001 | Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009) | Sweden | Finnish and Swedish | short story, novel, essay | |||
| 2002 | (1927–2020) | Denmark | Danish | essay, literary criticism | |||
| 2003 | Lars Norén (1944–2021) | Sweden | Swedish | drama, novel, poetry | |||
| 2004 | Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023) | Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story, translation | |||
| 2005 | Göran Sonnevi (b. 1939) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, translation | [3] [4] | ||
| 2006 | Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, drama | [5] [6] | ||
| 2007 | Jon Fosse (b. 1959) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, drama, poetry, essay | [7] [8] | ||
| 2008 | Sven-Eric Liedman (b. 1939) | Sweden | Swedish | philosophy, essay | [9] [10] | ||
| 2009 | Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021) | Norway | Norwegian | short story, novel | [11] [12] | ||
| 2010 | Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020) | Sweden | Swedish | drama, novel | |||
| 2011 | Ernst Håkon Jahr (b. 1948) | Norway | Norwegian | linguistics | [13] [14] | ||
| 2012 | Einar Már Guðmundsson (b. 1954) | Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story, poetry, essay | [15] | ||
| 2013 | Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977) | Finland | Finnish and English | poetry, drama, novel, essay | [16] | ||
| 2014 | Lars Gustafsson (1936–2016) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, novel, short stories | |||
| 2015 | Thomas Bredsdorff (b. 1937) | Denmark | Danish | literary criticism | [17] | ||
| 2016 | Monika Fagerholm (b. 1961) | Sweden | Swedish | novel, short story | [18] | ||
| 2017 | Dag Solstad (b. 1941) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, short story, drama | [19] | ||
| 2018 | Agneta Pleijel (b. 1940) | Sweden | Swedish | novel, drama, poetry, literarcy criticism | [20] | ||
| 2019 | Karl Ove Knausgård (b. 1958) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, autobiography | [21] | ||
| 2020 | Rosa Liksom (b. 1958) | Finland | Finnish | novel, short story | [22] | ||
| 2021 | Eldrid Lunden (b. 1940) | Norway | Norwegian | poetry, essays | [23] | ||
| 2022 | Naja Marie Aidt (b. 1963) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, short story, drama, novel | [24] | ||
| 2023 | Sjón (b. 1962) | Iceland | Icelandic | poetry, novel, lyrics | [25] |