Urhunden Prizes Explained

Urhunden Prizes
Awarded For:Achievements in comics
Country:Sweden
Year:1987

Urhunden Prizes are awarded by The Swedish Comics Association annually since 1987 to the previous year's best original Swedish and Swedish translated comic book. The prizes are named after a classic Swedish comic book character, Urhunden ("The Doggosaurus"), from around 1900 by Oskar Andersson, one of the pioneers in Swedish comics.

The prize was partly designed in relation to the existing Adamson Awards, which is a general award of merit to a foreign and a Swedish cartoonist. The Swedish Comics Association prize, on the other hand, is linked to a specific book publication.[1]

Between 1994 and 2018, the prize was also awarded in a third category, called Unghunden ("The Young Dog"). The prize went to someone or some people who made contributions to children's and youth comics in Sweden, without connection to any particular achievement in a particular year.[2]

In 2022 and 2023, the awarding of the prize was suspended, while the jury reviewed the rules. In 2024, jury work and the awarding of the prize officially restarted.[3] [4] [5]

Domestic title[6]

Foreign title[8]

Unghunden (youth comics award)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nyheter om Urhunden . June 9, 2024. Seriefrämjandet. sv.
  2. Web site: Urhunden (pris). seriewikin.serieframjandet.se . June 9, 2024. sv.
  3. Web site: Prestigefyllt pris är tillbaka . May 16, 2024. Svensk Bokhandel. sv.
  4. Web site: The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner nominated for the Urhunden Prize by the Swedish Comics Association. May 27, 2024. Helsinki Literary Agency.
  5. Web site: De nomineras till seriepriset Urhunden. Göteborgs-Posten . May 29, 2024. sv.
  6. Web site: Urhunden Prize. June 9, 2024. Grand Comics Database (GCD).
  7. Web site: Winner of comics prize Urhunden. June 9, 2024. Grand Agency.
  8. Web site: Urhunden. June 9, 2024. Library Thing.
  9. Web site: Seriefrämjandet: Seriepris till Joakim Pirinen och Jan Lööf . June 9, 2024 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111122161958/http://www.serieframjandet.se/912/seriepris-till-joakim-pirinen-och-jan-loeoef . 2011-11-22 . sv.