''Flight of the Eagle'' ( sv, Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd, lit=Engineer Andrée's Flight) is a 1967 novel by Swedish author

Per Olof Sundman Per Olof Sundman (4 September 1922, Vaxholm – 9 October 1992, Stockholm) was a Swedish writer and politician. Sundman was born in Vaxholm. After World War II, Sundman joined the Centre Party and was elected to the Riksdag. Per Olof Sundman ...

. It won the

Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

in 1968.

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{{The Nordic Council's Literature Prize 1967 Swedish novels Swedish-language novels Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning works Fiction set in 1897 Novels set in the Arctic Aviation novels Novels set in the 1890s