# Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

The Nordic Prize (Swedish: nordiska pris) is a literary award presented annually by the Swedish Academy. The recipient is someone from the Nordic countries who has done significant work in any of the Academy's areas of operations or interests. The inaugural award was in 1986 and was founded with a donation from Karen and Karl Ragnar Gierows. The prize amount consists of kr 400,000. The prize has been referred to as the "little Nobel" because it is awarded by the same Academy that gives the Nobel Prize.

## Recipients

| Year | Laureate | Country | Language(s) | Genre(s) |
| 1986 | Villy Sørensen (1929–2001) | Denmark | Danish | short story, philosophy, literary criticism |
| 1987 | William Heinesen (1900–1991) | Faroe Islands | Danish | poetry, novel, short story |
| 1988 | Nils Erik Enkvist [sv] (1925–2009) | Finland | Finnish | literary criticism, linguistics |
| 1989 | Rolf Jacobsen (1907–1994) | Norway | Norwegian | poetry |
| 1990 | Henrik Nordbrandt (1945–2023) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, essay |
| 1991 | Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, translation |
| 1992 | Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925–2011) | Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story |
| 1993 | Paavo Haavikko (1931–2008) | Finland | Finnish | poetry, drama, essay |
| 1994 | Inger Christensen (1935–2009) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, essay |
| 1995 | Lars Ahlin (1915–1997) | Sweden | Swedish | novel |
| 1996 | Arne Næss (1912–2009) | Norway | Norwegian | philosophy |
| 1997 | Bo Carpelan (1926–2011) | Finland | Finnish | poetry, novel |
| 1998 | Lars Forssell (1928–2007) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, drama, songwriting |
| 1999 | Klaus Rifbjerg (1931–2015) | Denmark | Danish | novel, short story, essay, drama, poetry |
| 2000 | Lars Huldén (1926–2016) | Finland | Finnish | translation, linguistics |
| 2001 | Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009) | Sweden | Finnish and Swedish | short story, novel, essay |
| 2002 | Torben Brostrøm [da] (1927–2020) | Denmark | Danish | essay, literary criticism |
| 2003 | Lars Norén (1944–2021) | Sweden | Swedish | drama, novel, poetry |
| 2004 | Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023) | Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story, translation |
| 2005 | Göran Sonnevi (b. 1939) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, translation |
| 2006 | Pia Tafdrup (b. 1952) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, novel, drama |
| 2007 | Jon Fosse (b. 1959) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, drama, poetry, essay |
| 2008 | Sven-Eric Liedman (b. 1939) | Sweden | Swedish | philosophy, essay |
| 2009 | Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021) | Norway | Norwegian | short story, novel |
| 2010 | Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020) | Sweden | Swedish | drama, novel |
| 2011 | Ernst Håkon Jahr (b. 1948) | Norway | Norwegian | linguistics |
| 2012 | Einar Már Guðmundsson (b. 1954) | Iceland | Icelandic | novel, short story, poetry, essay |
| 2013 | Sofi Oksanen (b. 1977) | Finland | Finnish and English | poetry, drama, novel, essay |
| 2014 | Lars Gustafsson (1936–2016) | Sweden | Swedish | poetry, novel, short stories |
| 2015 | Thomas Bredsdorff (b. 1937) | Denmark | Danish | literary criticism |
| 2016 | Monika Fagerholm (b. 1961) | Sweden | Swedish | novel, short story |
| 2017 | Dag Solstad (b. 1941) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, short story, drama |
| 2018 | Agneta Pleijel (b. 1940) | Sweden | Swedish | novel, drama, poetry, literarcy criticism |
| 2019 | Karl Ove Knausgård (b. 1958) | Norway | Norwegian | novel, autobiography |
| 2020 | Rosa Liksom (b. 1958) | Finland | Finnish | novel, short story |
| 2021 | Eldrid Lunden (b. 1940) | Norway | Norwegian | poetry, essays |
| 2022 | Naja Marie Aidt (b. 1963) | Denmark | Danish | poetry, short story, drama, novel |
| 2023 | Sjón (b. 1962) | Iceland | Icelandic | poetry, novel, lyrics |