| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tomas Tranströmer |
For the Living and the Dead
Sweden |
| Peer Hultberg |
Præludier
Denmark |
| Henrik Nordbrandt |
Dream Bridges
Denmark |
| Rosa Liksom |
Väliasema Gagarin
Finland |
| Solveig von Schoultz |
Ett sätt att räkna tiden
Finland |
| Svava Jakobsdóttir |
The Saga of Gunnlod
Iceland |
| Matthías Johannessen |
Dagur af degi
Iceland |
| Tor Åge Bringsværd |
Gobi: Djevelens skinn og ben
Norway |
| Bergljot Hobæk Haff |
Den guddommelige tragedie
Norway |
| Ragnar Thoursie |
Kråkorna skrattar
Sweden |
| Nils-Aslak Valkeapää |
The Sun, My father
The Sami Language Area |
