# Elsa Beskow Plaque

The Elsa Beskow Plaque, established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association (Svensk bibkioteksföreniningen), is a Swedish award given to the artist who has created the best Swedish picture book for children or the best illustrated Swedish children's book during the previous year.
The jury for the award consists of six members appointed by the main board of the library association. Four of the members must be active children's librarians, one whom should be the leader of the association's group for children's library activities. The remaining two jury members are external experts in children's literature and illustration art. The jury may choose to award the prize for an artist's overall production. The prize amount has been SEK 25,000 since 2008.
The award is named after the Swedish picture book artist, Elsa Beskow.

## Award recipients

| Year | Award recipients | Original book name | Book name in English |
| 1958 | Tove Jansson | Trollvinter | Moominland Midwinter |
| 1959 | Martin Lamm | All världens vackra sagor | All the world's beautiful fairy tales |
| 1960 | Ulf Löfgren | Barnen i djungeln | Children in the jungle |
| 1961 | Eva Billow | Filippa Hallondoft | Filippa Raspberry fragrance |
| 1962 | Not awarded this year | |
| 1963 | Anna Riwkin-Brick | Overall production | |
| 1964 | Fibben Hald | Katten blåste i silverhorn | The cat blew his silver horn |
| 1965 | Stig Södersten | Overall production | |
| 1966 | Lasse Sandberg | Lilla spöket Laban | Little ghost Laban |
| 1967 | Poul Ströyer | Overall production | |
| 1968 | Eric Palmquist | Overall production | |
| 1969 | Ilon Wikland | Overall production | |
| 1970 | Inga Borg | Overall production | |
| 1971 | Björn Berg | Emil i Lönneberga and Teskjekjerringa | Emil of Lönneberga and Mrs. Pepperpot |
| 1972 | Harald Gripe | Maria Gripes bøker | |
| 1973 | Kaj Beckman | Overall production | |
| 1974 | Sven Hemmel | Overall production | |
| 1975 | Mats Andersson | Overall production | |
| 1976 | Harald Wiberg | Den stora snöstormen | Big Snowstorm |
| 1977 | Jan Lööf | Skrot-Nisse | Scrap Elf |
| 1978 | Thomas Bergman | Vem förstår oss | Who Understands Us |
| 1979 | Gunilla Bergström | Ramsor och tramsor om Bill och Bolla | Rhymes About Bill and Bolla |
| 1980 | Tord Nygren | Overall production | |
| 1981 | Eva Eriksson | Mamman och den vilda bebin | Mother and the Wild Baby |
| 1982 | Ann-Madeleine Gelotte | Tyra i 10:an Odengatan | Tyra in 10 Odengatan |
| 1983 | Cecilia Torudd | Daghemmet Rödmyran | The Rödmyran daycare |
| 1984 | Lena Anderson | Maja tittar på naturen | Maja looks at nature |
| 1985 | Bengt Arne Runnerström | Arhuaco Sierra Nevada | Arhuaco Sierra Nevada |
| 1986 | Anna-Clara Tidholm | Overall production | |
| 1987 | Lars Klinting | Overall production | |
| 1988 | Anna Höglund | Jaguaren | The Jaguar |
| 1989 | Sven Nordqvist | Gubben og katten and Nasse | The old man and the cat and Piggy |
| 1990 | Gunna Grähs | Overall production | |
| 1991 | Bodil Hagbrink | Barnen från Tibet | Children of Tibet |
| 1992 | Olof Landström | Nisse hos frisören and Herr Bohm och sillen | Elf at the hairdresser and Herr Bohm and the herring |
| 1993 | Pija Lindenbaum | Bra Börje | Good Start |
| 1994 | Anna Bengtsson | Barnvaktsbarn and Fredrik Matsson blir kär | Babysitter's child and Fredrik Matsson falls in love |
| 1995 | Eva Lindström | Gunnar i granskogen | Gunnar in the spruce forest |
| 1996 | Lisa Örtengren | Dockvandringen | The puppet walk |
| 1997 | Pernilla Stalfelt | Hårboken | Hair book |
| 1998 | Mati Lepp | ABCD-boken | The ABCD book |
| 1999 | Jockum Nordström | Var är Sailor och Pekka | Where are Sailor and Pekka |
| 2000 | Stina Wirsén | Rut och Knut ställer ut | Rut and Knut exhibit |
| 2001 | Ann Forslind | Overall production | |
| 2002 | Jeanette Milde | När jag mötte Carl Einar | When I met Carl Einar |
| 2003 | Jens Ahlbom | Overall production | |
| 2004 | Annika Samuelsson | Snurran och den osande abborren | The spinner and the oozing perch |
| 2005 | Kristina Digman | Overall production | |
| 2006 | Gunilla Ingves | Bøkene om Nalle Bruno | The books about Teddy Bear Bruno |
| 2007 | Charlotte Ramel | Overall production | |
| 2008 | Staffan Gnosspelius | Gå och bada, Mister Räf! | Go swimming, Mister Fox! |
| 2009 | Lotta Geffenblad | Overall production | |
| 2010 | Inger Rydén | Den lilla hunden | The little dog |
| 2011 | Lena Sjöberg | Tänk om… | What if… |
| 2012 | Sara Lundberg | Vita streck och Öjvind | White lines and Öjvind |
| 2013 | Emma Adbåge | Lenis Olle and her other production | Lenis Olle and her other productions |
| 2014 | Per Gustavsson | Skuggsidan | The shadow side |
| 2015 | Annika Thor and Maria Jönsson | Flickan från långt borta | The girl from far away |
| 2016 | Viveka Sjögren | Om du skulle fråga Micha | If you asked Micha |
| 2017 | Emma Virke | Klä på Herr H. | Dress up Mr. H. |
| 2018 | Lisen Adbåge | Samtidigt som and her other production | |
| 2019 | Kristin Lidström | Kattvinden | The Tower Room |
| 2020 | Alexander Jansson | Tassemarker | |
| 2021 | Johan Egerkrans | Overall production | |
| 2022 | Jonas Tjäder and Maja Knochenhauer | Bokstavshusen | |
| 2023 | Kerstin Elias Costa | Fjärilshuset | |