Nordic Council's Literature Prize

Check all the winners of Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
Year Winner Winner Work
2013 Kim Leine Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden
2012 Merethe Lindstrøm Days in the History of Silence
(Norway)
2011 Gyrðir Elíasson Milli trjánna
(Iceland)
2010 Sofi Oksanen Purge
(Finland)
2009 Per Petterson Jeg forbanner tidens elv
(Norway)
2008 Naja Marie Aidt Bavian
(Denmark)
2007 Sara Stridsberg Drömfakulteten
(Sweden)
2006 Göran Sonnevi Oceanen
(Sweden)
2005 Sjón The Blue Fox
(Iceland)
2004 Kari Hotakainen Juoksuhaudantie
(Finland)
2003 Eva Ström Revbensstäderna
(Sweden)
2002 Lars Saabye Christensen The Half Brother
(Norway)
2001 Jan Kjærstad The Discoverer
(Norway)
2000 Henrik Nordbrandt Dream Bridges
(Denmark)
1999 Pia Tafdrup Dronningeporten
(Denmark)
1998 Tua Forsström After Spending a Night Among Horses
(Finland)
1997 Dorrit Willumsen Bang: en roman om Herman Bang
(Denmark)
1996 Øystein Lønn Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller
(Norway)
1995 Einar Már Guðmundsson Angels of the universe
(Iceland)
1994 Kerstin Ekman Blackwater
(Sweden)
1993 Peer Hultberg Byen og Verden
(Denmark)
1992 Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir Night Watch
(Iceland)
1991 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää The Sun, My father
(Sami languages)
1990 Tomas Tranströmer For the Living and the Dead
(Sweden)
1989 Dag Solstad Roman 1987
(Norway)
1988 Thor Vilhjálmsson Justice Undone
(Iceland)
1987 Herbjørg Wassmo Hudløs himmel
(Norway)
1986 Rói Patursson Likasum
(Faroe Islands)
1985 Antti Tuuri Pohjanmaa
(Finland)
1984 Göran Tunström The Christmas Oratorio
(Sweden)
1983 Peter Seeberg In Fourteen Days
(Denmark)
1982 Sven Delblanc Samuels bok
(Sweden)
1981 Snorri Hjartarson Hauströkkrið yfir mér
(Iceland)
1980 Sara Lidman Vredens barn
(Sweden)
1979 Ivar Lo-Johansson Pubertet
(Sweden)
1978 Kjartan Fløgstad Dollar Road
(Norway)
1977 Bo Carpelan I de mo?rka rummen, i de ljusa
(Finland)
1976 Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson Að laufferjum og Að brunnum
(Iceland)
1975 Hannu Salama Siinä näkijä missä tekijä
(Finland)
1974 Villy Sørensen Uden mål - og med
(Denmark)
1973 Veijo Meri Kersantin poika
(Finland)
1972 Karl Vennberg Sju ord på tunnelbanan
(Sweden)
1971 Thorkild Hansen Islands of Slaves
(Denmark)
1970 Klaus Rifbjerg Anna, I, Anna
(Denmark)
1969 Per Olov Enquist The Legionnaires: A Documentary Novel
(Sweden)
1968 Per Olof Sundman Flight of the Eagle
(Sweden)
1967 Johan Borgen Nye noveller
(Norway)
1966 Gunnar Ekelöf Diwan on the Prince of Emgion
(Sweden)
1965 Olof Lagercrantz From hell to paradise; Dante and his Comedy
(Sweden)
1965 William Heinesen The Good Hope
(Faroe Islands)
1964 Tarjei Vesaas The Ice Palace
(Norway)
1963 Väinö Linna Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation
(Finland)
1962 Eyvind Johnson The Days of his Grace
(Sweden)