The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores. The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980.Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

Prize winners

*1948 – Sigurd Hoel *1961 – Kristian Kristiansen *1962 –

Vera Henriksen Vera Margrethe Henriksen (née Roscher Lund; 22 March 1927 – 23 May 2016) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, and non-fiction writer. She was particularly known for her historical novels and plays set in the Middle Ages. Biography Vera Margre ...

*1963 – Terje Stigen *1964 –

Elisabeth Dored Elisabeth Braadland Dored (22 March 1908 – 6 September 1972) was a Norwegian artist and author. Biography Elisabeth Sophie Wiel Braadland was born at Idd (now Halden) in Østfold, Norway. Her parents were Birger Braadland (1879-1960) and Ra ...

*1965 –

Johan Borgen Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was ...

*1966 – Ebba Haslund *1967 – Kristian Kristiansen and Tarjei Vesaas *1968 –

Odd Eidem Odd Eidem (23 October 1913 – 10 June 1988) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the eldest of three sons born to Gunnar Kølbel (1890–1963) and Dorothea Se ...

and Hans Heiberg *1969 – Finn Alnæs and

Richard Herrmann Richard Herrmann (28 January 1923 – 27 July 1962) was a German football player. He played for the clubs 1. FC Kattowitz (1934–1945) and FSV Frankfurt (1947–1960). He was part of the West Germany team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He ...

*1981 – Leif B. Lillegaard *1982 – Anne Karin Elstad *1983 –

Herbjørg Wassmo Herbjørg Wassmo (born 6 December 1942) is a Norwegian author. She was born in Vesterålen and worked as a teacher in northern Norway until beginning her career as an author. Her first published work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("B ...

*1984 – Torill Thorstad Hauger *1985 – Jo Benkow *1986 –

Anne-Cath. Vestly Anne-Cath. Vestly (15 February 1920 – 15 December 2008) was a Norwegian author of children's literature. She is known for a wide range of books published from 1953 to 2004. Vestly was best known for her series about a grandmother (''Mormor'') ...

*1987 – Fredrik Skagen *1988 – Bjørg Vik *1989 – Gunnar Staalesen *1990 – Lars Saabye Christensen *1991 –

Roy Jacobsen Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection ''Fangeliv'' (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winn ...

*1992 – Karsten Alnæs *1993 – Jostein Gaarder *1994 – Klaus Hagerup *1995 – Anne Holt *1996 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen *1997 – Karin Fossum *1998 –

Erik Fosnes Hansen Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 6 June 1965) is a Norwegian writer. Hansen was born in New York and made his debut at age twenty with the novel ''Falketårnet''. His best-known work is his second novel, ''Psalm at Journey's End'', which in separate bu ...

*1999 – Erlend Loe *2000 – Jo Nesbø *2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen *2002 – Åsne Seierstad *2003 – Per Petterson *2004 – Levi Henriksen *2005 –

Anne B. Ragde Anne Birkefeldt Ragde (born 3 December 1957) is a Norwegian novelist. Ragde was born in Odda and made her literary debut in 1986 with the children’s book ''Hallo! Her er Jo!'' Since then, she has written several books for children and young ad ...

*2006 –

*2007 – Jo Nesbø *2008 – Tore Renberg *2009 –

*2010 –

Jan-Erik Fjell Jan-Erik Fjell (born 20 October 1982), is a Norwegian novelist and poker player. He is known for a series of crime novels with Kripos investigator Anton Brekke. Biography Fjell was born in Fredrikstad on 20 October 1982. He made his literary d ...

*2011 –

Jørn Lier Horst Jørn Lier Horst (born 27 February 1970) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction and a former Senior Investigating Officer at Vestfold police district. His books have been published in over 40 countries and have sold more than ten million copies. ...

*2012 – Per Petterson *2013 –

Cecilie Enger Cecilie Enger (born 21 February 1963) is a Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer. She was born in Oslo. Her literary breakthrough was the novel ''Brødrene Henriksen'' from 2000. She was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize in ...

*2014 –

Lars Mytting Lars Mytting (born 1 March 1968) is a Norwegian writer. Career Born in Fåvang, Mytting made his literary debut in 2006 with the novel ''Hestekrefter'', where focus partly is on cars. His next novel, ''Vårofferet'' from 2010, centers around l ...

*2015 –

Maja Lunde Maja Lunde (born 1975), is a Norwegian writer. She made her literary debut in 2012 with the children's novel ' ("Across the Border"), a thriller set in 1942, where the protagonists Sarah and Daniel are Jews trying to escape murderous Nazi persec ...

*2016 –

Vigdis Hjorth Vigdis Hjorth (born 19 July 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She was long listed for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, National book Award. Life She grew up in Oslo, and studied philosophy, literature and political science. I ...

*2017 –

Helga Flatland Helga Flatland ( born 16 September 1984) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. Making her literary debut in 2010, she eventually became a full-time writer, and has won prizes such as Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris, Mads Wiel Nygaard's En ...

*2018 –

Simon Stranger Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

*2019 – Lisa Aisato *2020 – Tore Renberg *2021 – Abid Raja

References

{{Reflist Norwegian literary awards