Urhunden Prizes have been given out each year by the Swedish Comics Association ('' Svenska Seriefrämjandet'') since 1987. There are three categories: Best Swedish (Domestic) Album of the Year (1987–2005), Best Foreign Album of the Year (1987–2005), and the "Unghunden" for best children and youth comics (1994–2005). Varning för Urhunden (2)

The award is named after the Swedish cartoon strip "Urhunden" which was created by Oskar Emil "O.A." Andersson (1877–1906), who was one of the pioneers in Swedish comics. It featured a prehistoric man in modern surroundings. The title character was a mixture of a dog and a dinosaur, with erratic and often drastic behavior.

Domestic album

* 1987: ''Alger'' by Gunnar Krantz * 1988: ''Gas'' by Joakim Pirinen * 1989: ''Ensamma Mamman'' by Cecilia Torudd * 1990: ''

Arne Anka Arne Anka is a Swedish comic strip drawn by Charlie Christensen under the pseudonym ''Alexander Barks'' from 1983 to 1995 and 2006 and forward. The title character closely resembles Donald Duck (who is called ''Kalle Anka'' in Swedish). The lik ...

'' by Charlie Christensen * 1991: ''Medan Kaffet Kallnar'' by

Ulf Lundkvist Ulf Lundkvist (born 1952) is a Swedish comic creator, illustrator, and painter. A nostalgia buff in love with the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lundkvist depicts the "old Sweden" with humor and affection, small towns and countryside, anachronistic pl ...

* 1992: ''Arne Anka Del II'' by Charlie Christensen * 1993: '' Uti vår hage 3'' by Krister Petersson * 1994: ''Arne Anka Del III'' by Charlie Christensen * 1995: ''Vakuumneger'' by Max Andersson * 1996: ''Garagedrömmar'' by Mats Kjellblad * 1997: ''Baron Bosse Story'' (Assar 6) by Ulf Lundkvist * 1998: ''Hjärteblod'' by Anders Westerberg * 1999: ''Allt för Konsten'' (anthology) * 2000: ''

Rocky ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burge ...

'' by Martin Kellerman * 2001: ''För Fin för Denna Världen'' by Daniel Ahlgren * 2002: ''Fröken Märkvärdig och Karriären'' by Joanna Rubin Dranger * 2003: ''Sjunde Våningen'' by Åsa Grennvall * 2004: ''Klas Katt Går till Sjöss'' by Gunnar Lundkvist * 2005: ''Amatörernas Afton'' by Anneli Furmark * 2006: ''Pojken i skogen'' by Mats Jonsson * 2007: ''Jag är din flickvän nu'' by Nina Hemmingsson

Foreign album

* 1987: ''Operation Istanbul'' by

Vittorio Giardino Vittorio Giardino (born December 24, 1946) is an Italian comic artist. Biography Giardino was born in Bologna, where he graduated in electrical engineering in 1969. At the age of 30, he decided to leave his job and devote himself to comics. Two ...

(Italy) * 1988: '' Maus'' by

Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman (; born Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman on February 15, 1948) is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel '' Maus''. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines ''Arcade'' and '' Ra ...

(USA) * 1989: ''Den Skrattande Solen'' (''The Laughing Sun'') by

Gilbert Hernandez Gilberto Hernández (born February 1, 1957), usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also by the nickname Beto (), is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Palomar''/''Heartbreak Soup'' stories in '' Love and Rockets'', an alterna ...

(USA) * 1990: ''Blues i Brallan'' by Baru (French) * 1991: ''Sirenens Sång'' by François Bourgeon (French) * 1992: ''

Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is an American comic book maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-vo ...

'' by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including '' Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', '' The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and '' From He ...

and

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man ...

(USA) * 1993: '' Maus II'' by Art Spiegelman (USA) * 1994: '' Ernie 1'' by Bud Grace (USA) * 1995: ''1945'' (När Kriget Kom 5) by Niels Roland, Morten Hesseldahl and Henrik Rehr (Denmark) * 1996: ''Serier: Den Osynliga Konsten'' ('' Comics: The Unseen Art'') by

Scott McCloud Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod; June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist. He is best known for his non-fiction books about comics: ''Understanding Comics'' (1993), '' Reinventing Comics'' (2000), and '' Making Comics'' (20 ...

(USA) * 1997: ''Den Stora Kokapplöpningen'' (

Bone A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, ...

4) by Jeff Smith (USA) * 1998: ''Karu Cell'' by Kati Kovács (Finland) * 1999: ''Ed the Happy Clown'' by

Chester Brown Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist. Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological '' Ed the Happy Cl ...

(Canada) * 2000: ''Pappas Flicka'' (''

Daddy's Girl In neo-Freudian psychology, the Electra complex, as proposed by Carl Jung in his ''Theory of Psychoanalysis'', is a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father. In the course of her psychosexual development, the ...

'') by Debbie Drechsler (USA) * 2001: ''Vänta Lite...'' (''Hey, Wait...'') by

Jason Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He ...

(Norway) * 2002: ''Holmenkollen'' by Matti Hagelberg (Finland) * 2003: '' Ghost World'' by

Daniel Clowes Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in '' Eightball'', a solo anthology comic book series. An ''Eightball'' issue typi ...

(USA) * 2004: ''Allt för konsten 4'' (Nordic anthology) * 2005: ''

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Book 1'' by

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

(

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

) * 2006: ''V for Vendetta'' by

and David Lloyd ( UK/USA) * 2007: ''Broderier'' ('' Broderies'') by Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)

Unghunden

* 1994:

Rune Andréasson Rune Herbert Emanuel Andréasson (11 August 1925 – 15 December 1999) was a Swedish cartoonist and illustrator. Andréasson has created children's comics since 1944, mainly for the Swedish market, but his works have been published in several l ...

* 1995:

Peter Madsen Peter Langkjær Madsen (; born 12 January 1971) is a Danish convicted murderer and former entrepreneur. In April 2018, he was convicted of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine, ''UC3 Nautilus'', and sentenced ...

, Henning Kure, Per Vadmand and Hans Rancke-Madsen * 1996: Måns Gahrton and Johan Unenge * 1997: Magnus Knutsson * 1998:

Don Rosa Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known simply as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Di ...

* 1999:

Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...

* 2000: Bokfabriken * 2001: Carlsen Comics * 2002: Mats Källblad * 2003: Kamratposten * 2004: Bamse-redaktionen * 2005: Johan Andreasson * 2006: Helena Magnusson * 2007:

Ulf Granberg Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The f ...

* 2009: Jan Lööf

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Seriefrämjandet official website
Comics awards Swedish comics Swedish awards

Domestic album

Foreign album

Unghunden

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