West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize explained

West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award, which was established in 2002 by the West Nordic Council. The prize is awarded every second year at the annual meeting of the West Nordic Council, normally in August. The three countries of the North West region of Northern Europe are Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark). These countries nominate one literary work each. The winner gets a reward of DKK 60 000 and his or her book is translated into the other two languages of the region and into one of the Scandinavian languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish, without any expenses for the winner.

The winners

• 2020 - Langelstur að eilífu by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir
• 2018 - Træið by Bárður Oskarsson
• 2016 - Hon, sum róði eftir ælaboganum, by Rakel Helmsdal^[1]
• 2014 - Tidsskisten by Andri Snær Magnason^[2]
• 2012 - Kaassalimik oqaluttuaq (The Story of Kaassali), by Lars-Pele Berthelsen^[3]
• 2010 - Garðurinn (Kirkegården), by Gerður Kristný^[4]
• 2008 - Draugaslóð (Ghost Track / Danish title: Spøgelsesspor), by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir
• 2006 - Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús (A Dog, A Cat and a Mouse / Danish title: En hund, en kat og en mus), by Bárður Oskarsson^[5]
• 2004 - Engill í vesturbænum (An Angel in the Neighbourhood / En engel i nabolaget), af Kristín Steinsdóttir by Halla Sólveig Þorgeirsdóttir^[6]
• 2002 - Sagan af bláa hnettinum (Historien om den blå planet), by Andri Snær Magnason^[7]

The Nominees

2020

From Iceland

• Langelstur að eilífu by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir

From Greenland

• Orpilissat nunarsuarmi kusanarnersaat by Juaaka Lyberth

From the Faroe Islands

• Loftar tú mær? by Rakel Helmsdal

2018

From Iceland

• Úlfur og Edda by Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir

From Greenland

• Kammagiitta! Vil du være min ven? by Maja-Lisa Kehlet

From the Faroe Islands

• Træið by Bárður Oskarsson

2016

From Iceland

• Mamma Klikk, by Gunnar Helgason

From Greenland

• AVUU, by Frederik “Kunngi” Kristensen^[8]

From the Faroe Islands

• Hon, sum róði eftir ælaboganum, by Rakel Helmsdal

2014

From Iceland

• Tímakistan, by Andri Snær Magnason

From Greenland

• Den magiske kasket, by Kathrine Rosing

From the Faroe Islands

• Flata Kaninin, by Bárður Oskarsson^[9]

2012

From Iceland

• Með heiminn í vasanum (With the World in the Pocket / Danish title: Med hele verden i lommen), by Margrét Örnólfsdóttir

From Greenland

• Kaassalimik oqaluttuaq (The Story of Kaassali / Danish title: Fortælling om Kaassali), by Lars-Pele Berthelsen

From the Faroe Islands

• Skriva í sandin (Write in the Sand / Danish title: Skriv i sandet), by Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs

2010

From Iceland

• Garðurinn (The Grave Yard / Danish title: Kirkegården), by Gerður Kristný

From Greenland

• Sila, by Lana Hansen

From the Faroe Islands

• Várferðin til brúnna, by Rakel Helmsdal

2008

From Iceland

• Draugaslóð (Danish title: Spøgelsesspor), by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir

From Greenland

• Abct, by Julie Edel Hardenber

From the Faroe Islands

• Apollonia, by Edward Fuglø

2006

From Iceland

• Frosnu tærnar (Frozen Toes / De frosne tæer), by Sigrún Eldjárn

From Greenland

• Nissimaat nissimaajaqqallu (Santa Claus / Danish title: Nissemænd og små nisser), by Grethe Guldager illustrated by Nuka Godfredsen

From the Faroe Islands

• Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús (A dog, a cat and a Mouse / Danish title: En hund, en kat og en mus), by Bárður Oskarsson

2004

From Greenland

• Inuk sodavandillu akuukkat (Inuk - The poisoned soft drink / Danish title: Inuk - og forgiftede sodavand), by Jokum Nielsen

From Iceland

• Engill í vesturbænum, by Kristín Steinsdóttir illustrated by Halla Sólveig Þorgeirsdóttir

From the Faroe Islands

• Loppugras (poems) by Sólrun Michelsen illustrated by Hanni Bjartalíð. Includes a musical-CD, with songs sung by a school class, songs from the book.

2002

From Greenland

• Sialuarannguaq, by Jørgen Petersen

From Iceland

• Sagan af bláa hnettinum, by Andri Snær Magnason

From the Faroe Islands

• Kuffa by Brynhild Andreasen (text) and Astrid MacDonald (drawings)

External links

• Vestnordisk.is (About the prize)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Børne- og Ungdomslitteraturprisen gik til Rakel Hemsdal fra Færøerne . 29 August 2016 . West Nordic Council . 13 September 2016 . Danish.
2. http://www.vestnordisk.is/nyheder/ Vestnordisk.is - Tre bøger nu nomineret til Børne- og Ungdomslitteraturprisen 2016
3. http://www.knr.gl/da/nyheder/fornem-pris-til-lars-pele-berthelsen Knr.gl
4. http://www.norden.org/is/a-doefinni/frettir/gerdur-kristny-hlytur-barnabokarverdlaun Norden.org (in Icelandic)
5. http://www.forlagettorgard.dk/authors/Bardur_Oskarsson.html Forlagettorgard.dk
6. http://bokmenntir.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-3949/6069_read-19064/RSkra-84 Bokmenntir.is
7. http://www.vestnordisk.is/id/1461 Vestnordisk.is
8. News: Kunngi indstillet til vestnordisk børnelitteraturpris. Dollerup-Scheibel. Mads. 21 December 2015. Sermitsiaq.ag. Danish. 30 December 2015.
9. http://aktuelt.fo/bardur+oskarsson+tilnevndur+til+virdislon.html#.UrR13GSovoo Aktuelt.fo, Bárður Oskarsson tilnevndur til virðisløn