The Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris'') is awarded annually by the '' Riksmålsforbundet'' for the outstanding publication in

riksmål (, also , ) is a written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the ''National Language'', closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as . Both Bokmål and Riksmål evolved from the Danish wri ...

. The prize was awarded until 2002 by the ''Oslo and Bærum Riksmål League'', when it was taken over by the ''Riksmålsforbundet''.Riksmålsforbundet article on Norwegian Wikipedia site
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Prize winners

*1957 –

Terje Stigen Terje Stigen (28 June 1922 – 14 August 2010) was a Norwegian author.Erik Bjerck Hagen''Terje Stigen'' (Store norske leksikon)/ref> Biography Terje Stigen was born on Magerøya in Finnmark, Norway. He spent part of his childhood in Tromsø. Af ...

*1958 –

Harald Grieg Harald Grieg (3 August 1894 – 6 October 1972) was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and for many years was a leading figure in the Norwegian book industry. Biography Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the ...

*1959 –

Emil Boyson Emil Boyson (4 September 1897 – 2 June 1979) was a Norwegian poet, writer, and translator. Biography Carl Emil Steen Boyson was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were Immanuel Boysen (1854–1921) and Christine Steen (1869–1905). He gre ...

*1960 – Odd Eidem *1961 –

Gunnar Bull Gundersen Gunnar Bull Gundersen (5 April 1929 – 7 November 1993) was a Norwegian sailor, novelist, playwright and lyricist. Biography Gunnar Bull Gundersen was born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. Gundersen grew up with changing foster parents and ...

*1962 –

Solveig Christov Solveig Beda Christov ( née Fredriksen; 29 October 1918 – 16 May 1984) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, and playwright. Early and personal life Solveig Fredriksen was born in Drammen as a daughter of electrician Fredrik ...

*1963 –

André Bjerke Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918 – 10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet. He wrote a wide range of material: poems (both for children and adults), mystery novels (four of them under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge), essays, and arti ...

*1964 –

Odd Hølaas Oddleiv Sigurd Bang Hølaas (27 March 1898 – 2 March 1968) was a Norwegian journalist and writer. He won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1964. He was born in Tveit as a son of physician Oddleiv Magne Hølaas (1869–1915) and Aa ...

*1965 – Rolf Jacobsen *1966 –

Karin Bang Karin Bang (3 December 1928 – 20 August 2017) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime fiction writer.

*1967 –

Hallvard Rieber-Mohn Hallvard Rieber-Mohn (2 October 1922 – 4 August 1982) was a Norway, Norwegian Dominican Order, Dominican priest and author. Biography He was born at Molde in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. His parents were Christian Joachim Rieber-Mohn (1891–195 ...

*1968 –

Ebba Haslund Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician. Early and personal life Haslund wa ...

*1969 – Olav Nordrå *1970 –

Finn Carling Finn Carling (1 October 1925 – 12 March 2004) was a Norwegian language, Norwegian novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. Biography He was born in Oslo, Norway. He took artium in 1945 and studied psychology at the University of Oslo from ...

*1971 –

Per Arneberg Per Arneberg (4 January 1901 – 9 October 1981) was a Norwegian poet, prosaist and translator, born in Tønsberg. Among his books are ''Dagen og natten'' (1939), ''Oslostreif'' (1949) and ''Oktobernetter'' (1971). He edited the poetry anth ...

*1972 –

Bjørg Vik Bjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. Biography Bjørg Turid Vik was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Sverre Thorbjørn Johansen (1903–1958) and Anna So ...

*1973 – Aasmund Brynildsen *1974 –

Jens Bjørneboe Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society an ...

*1975 –

Stein Mehren Stein Mehren (16 May 1935 – 28 July 2017) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and playwright. He made his literary debut as poet with ''Gjennom stillheten en natt'' (1960). He wrote more than fifty books, mainly poetry.

*1976 –

Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (5 September 1915 – 21 April 1985) was a Norwegian poet and travel-writer. She is a recipient of the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Kritikerprisen''), Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsprisen''), D ...

*1977 –

Peter R. Holm Peter Røwde Holm (born 5 April 1931) is a Norwegian poet, author and translator. Holm has also worked as an observer at the United Nations' arms control and disarmament conferences. Ever since his writing debut in 1955, he has held an important p ...

*1978 –

Knut Faldbakken Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist. He studied psychology at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factor ...

*1979 –

Åge Rønning Åge Rønning (4 October 1925 – 31 January 1991) was a Norwegian writer and journalist. Biography Åge Rønning was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Normann Rønning (1888–1974) and Astrid Therese Nielsen (1895–1978). He graduated in ...

*1980 –

Henrik Groth Henrik Johan Florentz Groth (11 October 1903 – 10 August 1983) was a Norwegian publisher and essayist, who was managing director of the Cappelen publishing company from 1947 to 1973. Biography Groth was born and grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo) ...

*1981 –

Jan Bull Jan Bull (7 January 1927 – 16 December 1985) was a Norwegian author and theater instructor. Born in Paris, he was son of the Norwegian poet Olaf Bull and the grandson of author Jacob Breda Bull. Bibliography * ''13 poetry'' – poetr ...

*1982 –

Sissel Lange-Nielsen Sissel Lange-Nielsen, née Herlofson (born 27 January 1931) is a Norwegian writer, literary critic, and journalist. Born in Kristiansund, she won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1982. She is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language a ...

*1983 –

Odd Abrahamsen Odd Abrahamsen (20 May 1924 – 23 June 2001) was a Norwegian poet. He was born in Fredrikstad. Among his collections are ''Om det finnes en stillhet'' (1962), ''Nedslag'' (1971) and ''Makten skal tie'' (1944). He was awarded the Riksmål ...

*1984 –

Ernst Orvil Ernst Orvil (née Ernst Richard Nilsen; 12 April 1898 – 16 June 1985) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright. Biography Ernst Richard Orvil was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents Johan Nilsen (Rev ...

*1985 – Harald Sverdrup *1986 –

Carl Fredrik Engelstad Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad (11 November 1915 – 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director. Personal life Engelstad was born in Hadsel as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelstad (1878–1916) ...

*1987 –

Kjell Askildsen Kjell Askildsen (30 September 1929 – 23 September 2021) was a Norwegian writer probably best known for his minimalistic short stories. Personal life Askildsen was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen (1898–1982) ...

*1988 – Richard Herrmann *1989 –

Gunvor Hofmo Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets. Background Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha B ...

*1990 –

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 ...

*1991 –

Kaj Skagen Kaj Skagen (born October 23, 1949 in Strandebarm) is a Norwegian writer. He received the Riksmål Society Literature Prize The Riksmål Society Literature Prize (''Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris'') is awarded annually by the '' Riksmåls ...

*1992 –

Paal Brekke Paal Brekke (17 September 1923 – 2 December 1993) was a Norwegian lyricist, novelist, translator of poetry, and literary critic. Brekke fled from occupied Norway to Sweden in 1940, when he was 17 years old. He made his literary debut in 1942 ...

*1993 –

Tove Nilsen Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic. She made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel ''Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken''. Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town ...

*1994 –

Tor Åge Bringsværd Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 16 November 1939 in Skien, Norway) is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Nor ...

*1995 – Fredrik Wandrup *1996 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff *1997 –

Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major r ...

*1998 –

Ketil Bjørnstad Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) ...

*1999 –

Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (born 20 May 1956) is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: ''Utsikt til paradiset'' (1993), ''Fugledansen'' (1995), ''Brødre i blodet'' (1996), and ''Elsk meg i morgen'' (1999). ''Brødr ...

*2000 –

Toril Brekke Toril Brekke (born 24 June 1949) is a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, biographer, translator and literary critic. Early and personal life Brekke was born in Oslo as a daughter of the poet Paal Brekke and painter ...

*2001 – Britt Karin Larsen *2002 – Olav Angell *2003 – Roy Jacobsen *2004 – Anne B. Ragde *2005 – Erland Kiøsterud, for ''Det første arbeidet'' (The First Work) *2006 –

Egil Børre Johnsen Egil Børre Johnsen (born 14 July 1936 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author. Johnsen has written several non-fiction books on Norwegian language, Norwegian literature, literature and Education in Norway, schools, as well as textbooks for upper secondary ...

, for ''Unorsk og norsk. Knud Knudsen: En beretning om bokmålets far'' *2007 – Jan Christopher Næss, for ''Det begynner med sex og ender med døden'' (It Starts With Sex and Ends With Death) *2008 –

Dag Olav Hessen Dag Olav Hessen (born 6 July 1956) is a Norwegian writer and biologist, known for his work in the field of ecology. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. He was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 2008, and ...

, for ''Natur? Hva skal vi med den?'' (Nature? What Shall We Do With It?)

References

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