Awards & Winners

Glass Key award

Glass Key award

The Glass Key award is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries. The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia to a crime novel written by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.

Check all the winners of Glass Key award presented under Glass Key award since 1998 .


Leif G. W. Persson

Honored for : Den döende detektiven

Jussi Adler-Olsen

Honored for : Flaskepost fra P.(2009)

Stieg Larsson

Honored for : The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

Stieg Larsson

Honored for : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Jo Nesbø

Honored for : The Bat