The Nils Holgersson Plaque is an award given by Swedish Library Association. It was established in 1950, and named for the book ''

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' ( sv, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, literally ''Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden'') is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive t ...

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Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, '' Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she wa ...

. It is an annual award given to the author of the best children's or young people's book in the Swedish language.

Winners

*1950 – Astrid Lindgren for "Nils Karlsson Pyssling" *1951 – Lennart Hellsing for "Summa summarum" *1952 – Sten Bergman for "Vildar och paradisfåglar" *1953 –

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Stockholm, Helsinki and ...

for "Hur gick det sen?" *1954 – The plaque was not awarded *1955 – Harry Kullman for "Hemlig resa" *1956 – Olle Mattsson for "Briggen Tre Liljor" *1957 – Edith Unnerstad for "Farmorsresan" (Journey to Grandmother) *1958 – Hans Peterson for "Magnus, Mattias och Mari" *1959 – Anna Lisa Wärnlöf for "Pellas bok" *1959 –

Jeanna Oterdahl Jeanna Louise Oterdahl (9 August 1879, in Uddevalla, Sweden – 25 July 1965) was a Swedish educator, author and poet. She was educated at the Högre lärarinneseminariet The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Semina ...

additional plaque for rare and valuable work *1960 – Kai Söderhjelm for "Mikko i kungens tjänst" *1961 – Åke Holmberg for "Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv" *1962 – Britt G Hallqvist for "Festen i Hulabo" *1963 – Maria Gripe for "Hugo och Josefin" *1964 – Karin Anckarsvärd for "Doktorns pojk" *1965 –

Gunnel Linde Gunnel Linde (14 October 1924 – 12 June 2014) was a Swedish writer who has written over forty children's books, among them '' Den vita stenen'' and '' I Am a Werewolf Cub''. In 1971, she was one of the founders of BRIS (''"Barnens rätt i sa ...

for "Den vita stenen" *1966 – The plaque was not awarded *1967 – Inger Högelin-Brattström (the author's later books for teenagers) *1968 –

Max Lundgren Max Lundgren (22 March 1937 – 27 May 2005) was a 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 series, ...

for "Pojken med guldbyxorna" and "Åshöjdens bollklubb" *1969 –

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 "Bågen" *1970 – Stig Ericson (total output) *1971 – Hans-Eric Hellberg (total output) *1972 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius for the Trilogy "Fru Sola" *1973 – Inger Sandberg (total output for young children) *1974 – Sven Wernström for "Trälarna" *1975 – Gunnel Beckman (total output) *1976 – Maud Reuterswärd (total output) *1977 –

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 i ...

for "Lilla Sparvel" *1978 – Siv Widerberg (total output) *1979 – Bengt Martin for "Bengt och kärleken" *1980 – Rose Lagercrantz (the writer's total output) *1981 – Helmer Linderholm for "Amisko-serien" *1982 – Kerstin Johansson for "Moa och Pelle" *1983 – Hans Erik Engqvist (total output) *1984 – Ulf Nilsson for "Lilla syster kanin" and "En kamp för frihet" *1985 – Mats Larsson for "Trollkarlen från Galdar" *1986 –

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 "Janne, min vän" *1987 – Monica Zak for "Pumans fötter" *1988 –

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 th ...

for "Jaguar" *1989 – Mats Wahl for "Maj Darlin" *1990 – Annika Holm for "Amanda! Amanda!" *1991 –

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 number ...

for "Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna" *1992 – Viveca Sundvall for " Eddie och Maxon Jaxon" *1993 – Sonja Hulth for "Barnens svenska historia" *1994 – Thomas Tidholm for "Förr i tiden" *1995 – Inger Edelfeldt for "Gravitation" *1996 – Helena Dahlbäck for "Jag Julia" and "Min läsebok" *1997 – Per Nilsson for "Anarkai" *1998 – Moni Nilsson-Brännström for "Bara Tsatsiki" *1999 – Annika Thor for "Havets djup" *2000 – Stefan Casta for "Spelar Död!" *2001 – Janne Lundström for "Morbror Kwesis vålnad" *2002 – Wilhelm Agrell for "Dödsbudet" *2003 – Åsa Lind for "Sandvargen" *2004 – Douglas Foley for "shoo bre" *2005 – Petter Lidbeck for "En dag i prinsessan Victorias liv " *2006 – Kajsa Isakson for "Min Ella" *2007 – Cannie Möller (total output) *2008 – Mikael Engström for "Isdraken" *2009 – Maud Mangold for "Pärlor till pappa" *2010 –

Cilla Naumann Cilla Naumann (born 16 July 1960) is a Swedish author and journalist. Her first book, ''Vattenhjärta'', came out in 1995. It won the Katapulpriset for "Best debut of the Year". Her next book was ''Dom'', published in 2000. Bibliography *1995 � ...

for "Kulor i hjärtat" *2011 – Mårten Melin for ''Som trolleri'' *2012 – Anna Ehring for ''Klickflippar och farligheten'' and ''Den stora kärleksfebern'' *2013 – Lisa Bjärbo for ''Allt jag säger är sant'' *2014 – Anna Höglund for ''Om detta talar man endast med kaniner'' *2015 – Camilla Lagerqvist for ''Uppdraget'' *2016 –

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'' *2017 – Elisabeth Östnäs (''Sagan om Turid'') *2018 – Lisa Lundmark (''Haj-Jenny'') *2019 – Helena Hedlund (''Det fina med Kerstin'') *2020 – Johan Ehn (''Hästpojkarna'')

References

{{reflist Swedish literary awards Swedish children's literature