The Finland Prize ( sv, Finlandspriset) is a

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

presented annually by the

Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III, is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish lang ...

since 1966. It is awarded to somebody that has done important activities for the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

-speaking culture in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The amount was 100,000 crowns in 2007.

Recipients

* 1966 – Hagar Olsson * 1967 –

Rabbe Enckell Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell (3 March 1903 – 17 June 1974) was a Finnish writer and poet. Enckell is regarded as one of the stalwarts of the Swedo-Finnish poetic revival that began in the 1920s. Enckell was born in Tammela, Tavastia Proper. ...

* 1968 –

Georg Henrik von Wright Georg Henrik von Wright (; 14 June 1916 – 16 June 2003) was a Finnish philosopher. Biography G. H. von Wright was born in Helsinki on 14 June 1916 to Tor von Wright and his wife Ragni Elisabeth Alfthan. On the retirement of Ludwig Wittgenste ...

* 1969 – Tito Colliander * 1970 – Solveig von Schoultz * 1971 –

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 ...

* 1972 –

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 ...

* 1973 –

* 1974 – Olof Enckell * 1975 – Erik Ekelund * 1976 – Christer Kihlman * 1977 – Olav Ahlbäck * 1978 – Johannes Salminen * 1979 –

Erik Tawaststjerna Erik Werner Tawaststjerna (10 October 1916 – 22 January 1993) was a Finnish musicologist who also worked as a pianist, pedagogue, and critic. He is remembered as a significant biographer of Jean Sibelius. Biography Erik Werner Tawaststjerna ...

* 1980 –

Lars Huldén Lars Evert Huldén (5 February 1926 – 11 October 2016) was a Swedish-speaking Finn writer, scholar and translator. Born in Jakobstad, Finland, he was professor at Helsinki university 1964–1989. In 1986 Huldén received an honorary doctorate f ...

* 1981 –

Göran Schildt Göran Schildt (11 March 1917 – 24 January 2009) was a Finnish Swede author and art historian. He was the son of the author Runar Schildt. Life and work Schildt is perhaps best known for his travelogues with the sailboat ''Daphne''. He ...

* 1982 – Oscar Nikula * 1983 – Erik Stenius * 1984 –

Carl-Eric Thors Carl-Eric may refer to: *Carl Eric Almgren General Carl Eric Åke Almgren (4March 1913 – 20May 2001) was a Swedish Army officer. Almgren served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1961 to 1967, military commander of the Eastern Milita ...

* 1985 –

Erik Allardt ''Erik'' Anders Allardt (9 August 1925 – 25 August 2020) was a Finnish sociologist. Allardt served as professor of sociology at the University of Helsinki between 1955 and 1991, and as chancellor of Åbo Akademi University between 1992 and 1 ...

* 1986 –

Torsten Steinby Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Sw ...

* 1987 – Kai Laitinen * 1988 –

Claes Andersson Claes-Johan Rudolf Andersson (30 May 1937 – 24 July 2019) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish psychiatrist, author, poet, jazz musician, politician and member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Left Alliance and the Finnish People's Democra ...

* 1989 –

Matti Klinge Matti Klinge (born August 31, 1936, Helsinki) is a Finnish historian. He studied at the University of Helsinki and gained his Ph.D. in 1969. He later served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris (1970–1972) and held the Swedish ...

* 1990 –

Ulla-Lena Lundberg Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 14 July 1947, Kökar, Åland) is a Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland. Her Swedish-language books have been translated into several languages, including Finnish, Danish, German, Russian and Dutch. Biography ...

* 1991 –

Johan Wrede Johan Otto Wilhelm Wrede (born 18 October 1935) is a Finnish literary historian. He was born in Helsinki. He took his doctorate in 1965 and subsequently worked three years for the Humanist Commission. In 1968 he became a docent of Swedish literat ...

* 1992 –

Tua Forsström Tua Birgitta Forsström (born 2 April 1947) is a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish. She was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1998 for the poetry collection '' Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar''. Forsström's ...

* 1993 –

Jan-Magnus Jansson Jan-Magnus Jansson (24 January 1922 – 29 November 2003) was a Finnish politician, a member of the Swedish People's Party. Jansson studied at Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then at the University of Helsinki. Jansson was a Professor of P ...

* 1994 – Max Engman * 1995 – Clas Zilliacus * 1996 – Valdemar Nyman * 1997 – Kari Tarkiainen * 1998 – Mikael Enckell * 1999 –

Ralf Långbacka Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

* 2000 –

Finsk Tidskrift ''Finsk Tidskrift'' ( sv, Finnish Journal) is a cultural and political magazine based in Helsinki, Finland, which is published in Swedish eight times a year. It has been in circulation since 1876. History and profile Founded in 1876 ''Finsk Tid ...

* 2001 –

Thomas Warburton Thomas Warburton may refer to: *Thomas Warburton (businessman) (1837–1909), English businessman *Thomas Warburton (writer) (1918–2016), Finnish writer and translator *Thomas Warburton better known as Mr. Warburton (born 1968), American animator ...

* 2002 –

Märta Tikkanen Märta Eleonora Tikkanen (born 3 April 1935) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer. Biography Born in Helsinki, she has worked as a reporter for ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' from 1956 to 1961. She graduated from the University of Helsinki, Master of A ...

* 2003 – Tuva Korsström * 2004 –

Jörn Donner Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. Biography Born into the Donner family of German descent, Jörn Donner was the son of ...

* 2005 – Peter Sandelin * 2006 – Rainer Knapas * 2007 – Henrik Meinander * 2008 – Christer Kihlman * 2009 – Nils Erik Forsgård * 2010 – Ann Sandelin * 2011 – Gösta Ågren * 2012 –

Pär Stenbäck Pär Stenbäck (born 12 August 1941 in Porvoo) is a Finnish politician and debater. Stenbäck was elected to the Finnish parliament at the age of 28 and functioned as the party chairman for the Swedish People's Party 1977–1985. He was Minister ...

* 2013 – Gunvor Kronman * 2014 – Michel Ekman * 2015 – Mikael Reuter * 2016 –

Fred Karlsson Fred Göran Karlsson (born February 17, 1946 in Turku) is a professor emeritus of general linguistics at the University of Helsinki. Education and background Karlsson's father Göran Karlsson was a prominent linguist and worked as a professor o ...

* 2017 –

Paavo Lipponen Paavo Tapio Lipponen (; born 23 April 1941) is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Speaker of the ...

* 2018 – Kjell Westö * 2019 – Marika Tandefelt

References

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