# List of Nordic Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This list is current as of the 97th Academy Awards.

## Acting
### Actor in a Leading Role

Actor :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status |
| 1987 | Max von Sydow | / | Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) | Nominated |
| 2007 | Viggo Mortensen | / | Eastern Promises | Nominated |
| 2016 | Viggo Mortensen | / | Captain Fantastic | Nominated |
| 2018 | Viggo Mortensen | / | Green Book | Nominated |

### Actress in a Leading Role

Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1929-1930 | Greta Garbo | Anna Christie | Nominated | |
| 1929-1930 | Greta Garbo | Romance | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Greta Garbo | Camille | Nominated | |
| 1939 | Greta Garbo | Ninotchka | Nominated | |
| 1942 | Ingrid Bergman | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Ingrid Bergman | Gaslight | Won | |
| 1945 | Ingrid Bergman | The Bells of St. Mary's | Nominated | |
| 1948 | Ingrid Bergman | Joan of Arc | Nominated | |
| 1956 | Ingrid Bergman | Anastasia | Won | |
| 1971 | Liv Ullmann | The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) | Nominated | Ullman is a Norwegian actress who was born in Japan. |
| 1975 | Ann-Margret | Tommy | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) | Nominated | |
| 1978 | Ingrid Bergman | Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) | Nominated | |

### Actor in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actor :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2011 | Max von Sydow | / | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Nominated | |

### Actress in a Supporting Role

Supporting Actress :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1971 | Ann-Margret | Carnal Knowledge | Nominated |
| 1974 | Ingrid Bergman | Murder on the Orient Express | Won |
| 1989 | Lena Olin | Enemies: A Love Story | Nominated |
| 2015 | Alicia Vikander | The Danish Girl | Won |

## Production Design

Production Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1931 | Max Rée | Cimarron | Won | |
| 1955 | Tambi Larsen | The Rose Tattoo | Won | Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams. |
| 1963 | Tambi Larsen | Hud | Nominated | Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Robert R. Benton. |
| 1965 | Tambi Larsen | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Nominated | Shared with Hal Pereira, Ted Marshall and Josie MacAvin. |
| 1970 | Tambi Larsen | The Molly MaGuires | Nominated | Shared with Darrell Silvera. |
| 1981 | Tambi Larsen | Heaven's Gate | Nominated | Shared with James L. Berkey. |
| 1961 | Eric Orbom | Spartacus | Won | Shared with Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron. |
| 1982 | Anna Asp | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Won | |

## Cinematography

Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1972 | Sven Nykvist | | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Won | |
| 1982 | Sven Nykvist | | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Won | |
| 1988 | Sven Nykvist | | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Mikael Salomon | | The Abyss | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Linus Sandgren | | La La Land | Won | |
| 2017 | Hoyte van Hoytema | / | Dunkirk | Nominated | Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer. |
| 2017 | Dan Laustsen | | The Shape of Water | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Dan Laustsen | | Nightmare Alley | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Hoyte van Hoytema | / | Oppenheimer | Won | |

## Costume Design

Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1960 | Marik Vos-Lundh | / | The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) | Nominated | Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer. |
| 1972 | Marik Vos-Lundh | / | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Nominated | Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer. |
| 1975 | Ulla-Britt Söderlund | | Barry Lyndon | Won | Shared with Milena Canonero. |
| 1975 | Karin Erskine Henny Noremark | | The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) | Nominated | |
| 1982 | Marik Vos-Lundh | / | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Won | |

## Makeup and Hairstyling

Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2014 | Love Larson Eva Von Bahr | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Love Larson Eva Von Bahr | A Man Called Ove | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Göran Lundström Pamela Goldammer | Border | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Love Larson Eva Von Bahr | Dune | Nominated | Shared with Donald Mowat. |
| 2021 | Göran Lundström Anna Carin Lock | House of Gucci | Nominated | Shared with Frederic Aspiras. |

## Editing

Editing :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2020 | Mikkel E. G. Nielsen | | Sound of Metal | Won | |
| 2022 | Mikkel E. G. Nielsen | | The Banshees of Inisherin | Nominated | |

## Visual Effects

Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1991 | Mikael Salomon | | Backdraft | Nominated | |

## Director

Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1972 | Jan Troell | The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) | Nominated |
| 1973 | Ingmar Bergman | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Nominated |
| 1976 | Ingmar Bergman | Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) | Nominated |
| 1983 | Ingmar Bergman | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Nominated |
| 1987 | Lasse Hallström | My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) | Nominated |
| 1999 | Lasse Hallström | The Cider House Rules | Nominated |
| 2014 | Morten Tyldum | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2020 | Thomas Vinterberg | Another Round (Druk) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Ruben Östlund | Triangle of Sadness | Nominated |

## International Feature Film

This list focuses on films from Nordic countries that won or were nominated for the International Feature Film award.
International Feature Film :
| Year | Film | Director | Status |
| 1956 | Qivitoq | Erik Balling | Nominated |
| 1957 | Nine Lives | Arne Skouen | Nominated |
| 1959 | Paw | Astrid Henning-Jensen | Nominated |
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman | Won |
| 1961 | Harry and the Butler | Bent Christensen | Nominated |
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly | Ingmar Bergman | Won |
| 1964 | Raven's End | Bo Widerberg | Nominated |
| 1965 | Dear John | Lars-Magnus Lindgren | Nominated |
| 1969 | Ådalen '31 | Bo Widerberg | Nominated |
| 1971 | The Emigrants | Jan Troell | Nominated |
| 1972 | The New Land | Jan Troell | Nominated |
| 1982 | The Flight of the Eagle | Jan Troell | Nominated |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Ingmar Bergman | Won |
| 1987 | Babette's Feast | Gabriel Axel | Won |
| 1987 | Pathfinder | Nils Gaup | Nominated |
| 1988 | Pelle the Conqueror | Bille August | Won |
| 1989 | Waltzing Regitze | Kaspar Rostrup | Nominated |
| 1991 | Children of Nature | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Nominated |
| 1991 | The Ox | Sven Nykvist | Nominated |
| 1995 | All Things Fair | Bo Widerberg | Nominated |
| 1996 | The Other Side of Sunday | Berit Nesheim | Nominated |
| 1999 | Under the Sun | Colin Nutley | Nominated |
| 2001 | Elling | Petter Næss | Nominated |
| 2002 | The Man Without a Past | Aki Kaurismäki | Nominated |
| 2003 | Evil | Mikael Håfström | Nominated |
| 2004 | As It Is in Heaven | Kay Pollak | Nominated |
| 2006 | After the Wedding | Susanne Bier | Nominated |
| 2010 | In a Better World | Susanne Bier | Won |
| 2012 | Kon-Tiki | Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg | Nominated |
| 2012 | A Royal Affair | Nikolaj Arcel | Nominated |
| 2013 | The Hunt | Thomas Vinterberg | Nominated |
| 2015 | A War | Tobias Lindholm | Nominated |
| 2016 | Land of Mine | Martin Zandvliet | Nominated |
| 2016 | A Man Called Ove | Hannes Holm | Nominated |
| 2017 | The Square | Ruben Östlund | Nominated |
| 2020 | Another Round | Thomas Vinterberg | Won |
| 2021 | Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Nominated |
| 2021 | The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier | Nominated |
| 2024 | The Girl with the Needle | Magnus von Horn | Nominated |

## Animated Feature

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Animated Feature award.
Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2021 | Jonas Poher Rasmussen Monica Hellström Signe Byrge Sørensen | | Flee | Nominated | Shared with Charlotte de la Gournerie. |

## Animated Short

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the animated, short film award.
Animated Short :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1999 | Torill Kove | / | My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Nominated | Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. |
| 2006 | Torill Kove | / | The Danish Poet | Won | Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. |
| 2007 | Gary Rydstrom (US-born) | | Lifted | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Gísli Darri Halldórsson Arnar Gunnarsson | | Yes-People | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Sara Gunnarsdóttir | | My Year of Dicks | Nominated | Shared with Pamela Ribon |

## Live Action Short

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the live action, short film award.
Live Action Short :
| Year | Film | Director and Producer | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1997 | Ernst & Lyset | Anders Thomas Jensen Kim Magnusson | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Wolfgang | Anders Thomas Jensen Kim Magnusson | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Election Night | Anders Thomas Jensen Kim Magnusson | Won | |
| 2003 | Der Er En Yndig Mand | Martin Strange-Hansen Mie Andreasen | Won | |
| 2006 | The Last Farm | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Helmer & Son | Søren Pilmark Kim Magnusson | Nominated | |
| 2008 | At Night | Christian E. Christiansen Louise Vesth | Nominated | |
| 2009 | The Pig | Tivi Magnusson Dorte Høgh | Nominated | |
| 2010 | The New Tenants | Joachim Back Tivi Magnusson | Won | |
| 2010 | Instead of Abracadabra | Patrik Eklund Mathias Fjellström | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Tuba Atlantic | Hallvar Witzø | Nominated | Nomination was rescinded after it was revealed the short had aired on television prior to its theatrical release. |
| 2013 | Helium | Anders Walter Kim Magnusson | Won | |
| 2013 | Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? | Selma Vilhunen Kirsikka Saari | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Silent Nights | Aske Bang Kim Magnusson | Nominated | |
| 2021 | On My Mind | Martin Strange-Hansen Kim Magnusson | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Ivalu | Anders Walter Rebecca Pruzan | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Night Ride | Eirik Tveiten Gaute Lid Larssen | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Knight of Fortune | Lasse Lyskjær Noer Christian Norlyk | Nominated | |

## Documentary

This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Documentary award.
Documentary :
| Year | Film | Director / Recipient | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1951 | Kon Tiki | Olle Nordemar | Won | Producer / Editor. Norwegian film, Swedish recipient. |
| 1971 | Ra | Thor Heyerdahl and Lennart Ehrenborg | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Burma VJ | Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul | Won | Shared with Simon Chinn. |
| 2013 | The Act of Killing | Signe Byrge Sørensen | Nominated | Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. |
| 2015 | The Look of Silence | Signe Byrge Sørensen | Nominated | Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. |
| 2017 | Last Men in Aleppo | Søren Steen Jespersen | Nominated | Shared with Feras Fayyad and Kareem Abeed. |
| 2019 | The Cave | Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær | Nominated | Shared with Feras Fayyad. |
| 2021 | Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, and Signe Byrge Sørensen | Nominated | Shared with Charlotte De La Gournerie. |
| 2022 | A House Made of Splinters | Monica Hellström, Simon Lereng Vilmont | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Black Box Diaries | Hanna Aqvilin | Nominated | Shared with Shiori Itō and Eric Nyari |

## Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Documentary (Short Subject) :
| Year | Film | Country | Director / Recipient | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1960 | A City Called Copenhagen | | Statens Filmcentral and The Danish Government Film Office | Nominated | |

## Music
### Original Song

Original Song :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2000 | Björk Sjón | | Dancer in the Dark | "I've Seen It All" | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Lars von Trier | | Dancer in the Dark | "I've Seen It All" | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Markéta Irglová | / | Once | "Falling Slowly" | Won | Irglová holds dual Czech and Icelandic citizenship. Shared with Glen Hansard. |
| 2016 | Max Martin Shellback | | Trolls | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Nominated | Shared with Justin Timberlake. |
| 2020 | Fat Max Gsus Rickard Göransson | | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | "Husavik" | Nominated | Shared with Savan Kotecha. |
| 2022 | Ludwig Göransson | | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | "Lift Me Up" | Nominated | Shared with Tems, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler |

### Original Score

Original Score :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1937 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Nominated |
| 1940 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | Pinocchio | Won |
| 1942 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | The Pride of the Yankees | Nominated |
| 1942 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | You Were Never Lovelier | Nominated |
| 1943 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | Johnny Come Lately | Nominated |
| 1943 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | The Sky's the Limit | Nominated |
| 1962 | Leigh Harline (US-born) | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | Nominated |
| 2014 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | The Theory of Everything | Nominated |
| 2015 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | Sicario | Nominated |
| 2018 | Ludwig Göransson | Black Panther | Won |
| 2019 | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker | Won |
| 2023 | Ludwig Göransson | Oppenheimer | Won |

## Best Picture

Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Country | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1972 | Bengt Forslund | | The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Ingmar Bergman | | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Nominated | |

## Writing
### Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1972 | Bengt Forslund Jan Troell | The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Per Berglund Brasse Brännström Lasse Hallström Reidar Jönsson | My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Hawk Ostby | Children of Men | Nominated | Otsby was born in India, but grew up in Norway. Shared with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, and Mark Fergus. |

### Original Screenplay

Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1959 | Ingmar Bergman | Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) | Nominated | |
| 1962 | Ingmar Bergman | Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) | Nominated | |
| 1973 | Ingmar Bergman | Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) | Nominated | |
| 1978 | Ingmar Bergman | Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) | Nominated | |
| 1983 | Ingmar Bergman | Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Joachim Trier Eskil Vogt | The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Ruben Östlund | Triangle of Sadness | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Mona Fastvold | The Brutalist | Nominated | Shared with Brady Corbet |

## Sound
### Sound

Sound :
| Year | Name | Film | Status |
| 1992 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Won |
| 1992 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | Backdraft | Nominated |
| 1994 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | Jurassic Park | Won |
| 1998 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | Titanic | Won |
| 1999 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | Saving Private Ryan | Won |
| 2021 | Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? | West Side Story | Nominated |

### Sound Editing

Sound Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1992 | Gary Rydstrom | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Won | |
| 1992 | Gary Rydstrom | Backdraft | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Gary Rydstrom | Jurassic Park | Won | |
| 1995 | Per Hallberg | Braveheart | Won | Shared with Lon Bender. |
| 1997 | Per Hallberg | Face/Off | Nominated | Shared with Mark Stoeckinger. |
| 1999 | Gary Rydstrom | Saving Private Ryan | Won | |
| 2002 | Gary Rydstrom | Monsters, Inc. | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Gary Rydstrom | Minority Report | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Gary Rydstrom | Finding Nemo | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | Spider-Man 2 | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Per Hallberg | The Bourne Ultimatum | Won | Shared with Karen Baker Landers. |
| 2009 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | The Hurt Locker | Won | |
| 2012 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | Zero Dark Thirty | Won (Tied) | |
| 2012 | Per Hallberg | Skyfall | Won (Tied) | Shared with Karen Baker Landers. |
| 2012 | Gary Rydstrom | War Horse | Nominated | |

### Sound Mixing

Sound Mixing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2000 | Gary Rydstrom US-born 1/2-swedish? | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Paul N. J. Ottosson | The Hurt Locker | Won | Shared with Ray Beckett. |
| 2011 | Bo Persson | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Nominated | Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick and Ren Klyce. |
| 2012 | Gary Rydstrom | Lincoln | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Gary Rydstrom | War Horse | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Gary Rydstrom | Bridge of Spies | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Gary Rydstrom | Ad Astra | Nominated | |

## Special Categories
### Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award :
| Year | Name | Country | Awarded | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1971 | Ingmar Bergman | | 43rd Academy Awards | Won | |

### Academy Honorary Award

This list focuses on recipients of the Academy Honorary Award.
Academy Honorary Award :
| Year | Name | Country | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1954 | Greta Garbo | | Won | "for her unforgettable screen performances" |
| 2021 | Liv Ullmann | | Won | "her bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals" |

## Technical & Scientific

Technical & Scientific Awards :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2009 | Steve Hylén | ... | Won | Scientific or Technical Award |
| 2010 | Sven Heden | ... | Won | |
| 1991 | Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik | | Won | for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling |
| 2002 | Rune Ericsson | | Won | For Super-16 |
| 2015 | Magnus Wrenninge | | Won | (Technical Achievement Award; For leading the design and development of Field3D - storing and accessing voxel data efficiently, allowing interchange between previously incompatible modeling, simulation and rendering software. |
| 2020 | Fredrik Limsäter, Björn Rydahl and Mattias Lagergren | ... | Won | |

## Number of nominations/wins by country

| Rank | Country | No. of nominations | No. of wins |
| 1 | Sweden | 82 | 35 |
| 2 | Denmark | 40 | 16 |
| 3 | Norway | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | Iceland | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | Finland | 2 | 0 |