Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially

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and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper

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. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statuette was created by the artist Karl Göte Bejemark, but in the 2010s the artist Stina Opitz was given the assignment. The name "Heffaklump" is taken from the Swedish name of the

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character in

A.A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winni ...

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stories.

Recipients

* 1966 –

Maria Gripe Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter (25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characte ...

for ''Hugo'' * 1967 –

Max Lundgren Max Lundgren (22 March 1937 – 27 May 2005) was a Sweden, Swedish author of children's books. He debuted in 1962 with the book ''Hunden som äntligen visslade'', and has since written a total of about 50 books. Some of his books have become TV se ...

for ''Pojken med guldbyxorna'' * 1968 –

Harry Kullman Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...

for ''De rödas uppror'' * 1969 – Inger Sandberg and Lasse Sandberg for ''Pappa kom ut!'' * 1970 –

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from ...

for ''

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'' and

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

for ''Än lever Emil i Lönneberga'' * 1971 –

Barbro Lindgren Barbro Lindgren (born 18 March 1937) is a Swedish writer of children's books and books for adult readers. For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in ...

for ''Jättehemligt'' * 1972 – Maud Reuterswärd for ''Han-där!'' * 1973 – ''No award'' * 1974 –

Jan Lööf Jan Lööf (born 30 May 1940 in Trollhättan) is a Swedish illustrator, author, comic creator, and jazz musician. Lööf studied at Konstfack in Stockholm in the early 1960s. From 1967 until 1973 he created his most famous comic strip ''Felix'' ...

for ''Sagan om det röda äpplet'' * 1975 – Olle Mattson for ''Talejten väntar i väst'' * 1976 – Stig Holmqvist and Aud Talle for ''Barn i Belfast'' * 1977 –

Ann-Madeleine Gelotte Ann-Madeleine Gelotte (20 February 1940 – 24 December 2002) was a Swedish illustrator and writer. Biography Gelotte worked as a nurse and started publishing children's books in 1971. She made her breakthrough as a children's writer with ''I ...

for ''Ida Maria från Arfliden'' * 1978 – Sven Wernström for ''Trälarnas fruktan'' * 1979 –

Elsa Olenius Elsa Viktoria Olenius (September 30, 1896 – August 25, 1984) was a Swedish librarian and writer, best remembered for pioneering children's library activities and theatre with children. She was awarded a in 1981. In the 1940s, she founded ('th ...

* 1980 –

Lennart Hellsing Paul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer, Hellsing was a finalist in 2010 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award. Biog ...

* 1981 – Eva Eriksson for ''Mamman och den vilda bebin'' * 1982 –

Bo Carpelan Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books ...

for ''Julius blom, ett huvud för sig'' * 1983 – Harriet Alfons for '' Min nya Skattkammare'' * 1984 –

Bengt af Klintberg Bengt af Klintberg (Bengt Knut Erik af Klintberg) (b. 25 December 1938 in Stockholm) is a Swedish folklorist, ethnologist, and artist who is known for his work on modern urban legends. His work reached a large audience with such books as ''Råttan ...

for ''Skogsmusen och husmusen'' * 1985 –

Ulf Nilsson Ulf Nilsson may refer to: * Ulf Nilsson (author) (born 1948), Swedish writer * Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey) (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player *Ulf Nilsson (politician) (born 1945), Swedish politician and Member of Parliament *Ulf Nilsson (sailor) ...

for ''Om ni inte hade mej'' * 1986 –

Ilon Wikland Maire-Ilon Wikland (née Pääbo; born February 5, 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator. Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast. In 1944 she escaped with the famil ...

for ''Skinn Skerping hemskast av alla spöken i Småland'' * 1987 –

Anna-Clara Tidholm Anna-Clara Beatrice Tidholm (born ''Tjerneld'' on 7 January 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She grew up on Djurgården in Stockholm. Since 1970, she lives at a small farm in Arbrå. Bibliography * ' ...

och

Thomas Tidholm Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...

for ''Resan till Ugri-La-Brek'' * 1988 –

Rose Lagercrantz Rose Lagercrantz (born in Stockholm in 1947) is a Swedish writer for children and adults. Her first book was published in 1973, and she has since had her work translated into English, German, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Russian and Slovak. Boo ...

for ''Självporträtt utan näsa'' * 1989 –

Peter Pohl Peter Pohl (born 5 December 1940) is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films. He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work. From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he was ...

for ''

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'' * 1990 –

Pija Lindenbaum Pija Lindenbaum (born ''Pia Margareta Lindenbaum'' 27 April 1955 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish illustrator, author and designer. 1999–2007 she owned the 14th chair of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. She has illustrated the Tsat ...

for ''Else-Marie och småpapporna'' * 1991 –

Margareta Strömstedt Gunhild Margareta Strömstedt ( Henriksson; 19 May 1931 − 28 March 2023) was a Swedish author, journalist and translator.Viveca Sundvall for ''En barkbåt till Eddie'' * 1993 – Jujja Wieslander for Tomas Wieslander, ''Mamma Mu gungar'' * 1994 –

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for ''Otto och Stures hemliga liv'' * 1995 –

Ulf Stark Ulf Gottfrid Stark (12 July 1944 – 13 June 2017) was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film ''Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen''). Stark has collaborated with the ...

for ''Storebrorsan'' * 1996 –

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a numb ...

for ''Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng'' * 1997 – Anna Höglund * 1998 –

Jockum Nordström Jockum Nordström (born 1963) is a Swedish artist, best known for his vivid collages, but also for his drawings, paintings and work as an illustrator. Biography Jockum Nordström was born December 19, 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden in a family with ...

* 1999 –

Jakob Wegelius Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Aw ...

for ''Esperanza'' * 2000 –

Lena Anderson Lena Anderson is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author. Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939. She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book '' Linnea in Monet's Garden'', which was tr ...

* 2001 –

Pernilla Stalfelt Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She has gained a reputation for successfully explaining difficult concepts to children in their own language, for example by presenting the Convention on the Rights of t ...

for ''Kärlekboken'' * 2002 –

Eva Lindström Eva Lindström (born 1952) is a Swedish illustrator and author. Her work is known for its humorous and dark style. Life Lindström was born in Västerås in 1952. She attended the art school Konstfack in Stockholm from 1969 to 1974, where she stu ...

for ''Någon flyttar in'' * 2003 – Per Nilsson for ''Ask och Embla'' * 2004 – Ylva Karlsson for ''Resan till kejsaren'' * 2005 – Lucas Svensson for ''Petter och Lotta och stora landsvägen'' (theatre play) * 2006 – Olof Landström,

Lena Landström Lena Marie Landström (born 12 July 1943) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She was a joint recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2009, with her husband and frequent collaborator Olof Landström. She studied fashion at Anders Bec ...

* 2007 –

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and Stina Wirsén for ''Supershow med Rut och Knut'' * 2008 –

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Petter Lennstrand Petter may refer to: People: *Petter (given name) *W. E. W. Petter, English aircraft designer * Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist * Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide Place names: *Petter Bay, ...

for ''För alla åldrar'' * 2010 –

Gunna Grähs Lisbeth Gun-Marie Gunna Grähs (born 11 June 1954) is a Swedish illustrator of children's books. Grähs is educated at Konstfack. She has mainly illustrated children's books, around 40–50 works, but her illustrations have also appeared in newsp ...

*2011 – Barnens underjordiska scen *2012 – Joanna Hellgren *2013 – Sara Lundberg *2014 –

Sven Nordqvist Sven Otto Rickard Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic arti ...

*2015 –

Frida Nilsson Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is a Swedish children’s writer whose first book was published in 2004. She has won numerous international shortlistings and prizes, including the August Prize, the German Youth Literature Prize, Expressens Heffaklump ...

for ''Ishavspirater'' * 2016 –

Jojje Wadenius Georg "Jojje" Wadenius (born 4 May 1945) is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was particularly active during the 1970s and 1980s as a studio and session guitarist and bassist, as well as for a series of albums of childre ...

* 2017 – Per Gustavsson * 2018 – Gunilla Lundgren * 2019 – Jenny Jägerfeld * 2020 – Erik Ekstrand * 2021 – Emma Adbåge and Lisen Adbåge

References

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