The Ministry of Culture's Children Book Award ( Danish: Kulturministeriets Forfatterpris for Børne- og Ungdomsbøger, or simply Kulturministeriets Børnebogspris) is an award given in order to honor a special effort for a Danish children's or youth book of high artistic quality. The award can be given either for a single title or for a whole work of an author. Along with the honor follows DKK 30,000, which partially comes from the "''tipsmidler''", money onwed by the Danish gambling organization Danske Spil, as it is customary in Denmark for 66.44% of the money from gambling in games like lottery go towards cultural work and various kinds of charities. In 2011 the "tipsmidler" gave a 1.5 billion Danish kroner profit which the government ministries must give to charitable purposes.

Recipients of the award

* 1954 – Egon Mathiesen: ''Mis med de blå øjne'' (Cat with blue eyes) and Alfred Johansen: ''Den grønne flaske'' (The green bottle) * 1956 – Poul Jeppesen: ''Henrik'' * 1957 –

Palle Lauring Palle may refer to * Palle (given name) * Palle (surname) Palle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Palle (1916 - 2007), French writer * Mogens Palle (1934 – 2022), Danish professional boxing promoter and manager ...

: ''Stendolken'' (The stone dagger) * 1958 – Estrid Ott: ''Chico's lange vandring'' (Chico's long march) * 1959 –

Tove Ditlevsen Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen (; 14 December 1917 – 7 March 1976) was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death. Early life and career Tove ...

: ''Annelise – tretten år'' (Annelise – Thirteen years old) * 1960 – Karen Plovgaard: ''Sanne Karen'' Herold Olsen: ''Afrika'' (Africa) * 1961 – Poul E. Knudsen: ''Væddemålet'' og Arne Ungermann: ''Da solen blev forkølet'' (When the sun caught a cold) * 1962 –

Thøger Birkeland Thøger Birkeland (20 March 1922 – 6 April 2011) was a Danish teacher and writer mostly known for his children's books. Birkeland was born in Kalundborg. The most notable of his works are ''Saftevandsmordet'' (''The Lemonade Murder'') and the st ...

: ''Når hanen galer'' (When the cock crows) * 1963 – Valborg Bjerge Hansen: ''Helle – ikke som de andre'' (Helle – not like the others), Marlie Brande: ''Da skoene løb med Laura'' (When the shoes ran with Laura) and Ib Spang Olsen: ''Drengen i månen'' (The boy in the moon) * 1964 – Ib Spang Olsen: ''Det lille lokomotiv'' (The Little Engine), ''Blæsten'' (The wind) and ''Regnen'' (The rain) and Mona and Peter Chr. Pedersen: ''Israel'' * 1965 –

Halfdan Rasmussen Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen (29 January 1915 in Copenhagen – 2 March 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. He was awarded with th ...

: ''Børnerim'' (Nursery rhymes) * 1967 –

Jan Møller Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

: ''Borger i det gamle København'' (Citizen of the old Copenhagen) and Ib Spang Olsen: ''Mosekonens bryg'' (Marsh Woman's brewery) * 1968 –

Cecil Bødker Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Chr ...

: ''Silas og den sorte hoppe'' (Silas and the black mare) * 1969 –

Ole Lund Kirkegaard Ole Lund Kirkegaard (29 July 1940, in Aarhus – 24 March 1979) was a Danish writer of children's and youth literature, as well as a teacher. He mainly wrote about the interactions between adults and children. The main character in his books is u ...

: ''Albert'' * 1970 – Erik Chr. Haugaard: ''De små fisk'' (The small fish) * 1971 –

Benny Andersen Benny Andersen (7 November 1929 – 16 August 2018)Benny Andersen er død
'' Per Holm Knudsen Per Holm Knudsen (born 18 December 1945 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer, teacher and psychotherapist. He is the author of ''The True Story of How Babies Are Made'', a detailed and colorfully illustrated children's book that chronicles love, mar ...

: ''Sådan får man et barn'' (This is how you get a child) and Niels Jensen: ''Da landet lå øde'' (When the country was deserted) * 1973 – Merete Kruuse: ''Rode-Rikke'' (Rooting-Rikke) * 1974 – Palle Petersen: ''50 år i jernet'' (50 years in the iron) * 1975 – Inge Krog: ''Hjemmefra'' (Away from home) * 1976 –

Leif Esper Andersen Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the Nordic countries Spelling and prevalence Across the Nordic countries, the most com ...

: ''Fremmed'' (Stranger) * 1977 –

Bjarne Reuter Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter best known for children's and young adult fiction.Bent Haller Bent may refer to: Places * Bent, Iran, a city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bent District, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Bent, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Rijnwoude, the Netherlands * Bent County, Colorad ...

: ''Indianeren'' (The Indian) * 1979 – Franz Berliner: ''Ulven som jager alene'' (The wolf who hunts alone) and ''Hævneren'' (Avenger) * 1980 – Lars-Henrik Olsen: ''Ræven i skoven'' (The fox in the woods) * 1981 – John Nehm: ''Stemplerne'' (The pistons) and

Torben Weinreich Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn. People named Torben include: *Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter * Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer *Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former footba ...

: ''Manden i vinduet'' (The man in the window) * 1982 – Kirsten Holst: ''Også om mange år'' (Also for many years) * 1983 – Iris Garnov: ''Ud i det blå'' (Out in the blue) and ''Vinterøen'' (Winter island) * 1984 – Gerd Rindel: ''Øretævens vej'', ''Slagsmål og silkebånd'' og ''Brændevin og vokseværk'' * 1985 – Peter Mouritzen: ''Haltefanden'' og Knud Erik Pedersen: ''Esben'', ''Esben og Jakob'' and ''Esbens hemmelighed'' * 1986 – Søren Vagn Jacobsen: ''Krabbetågen'' * 1987 – Josefine Ottesen: ''Eventyret om fjeren og rosen'' * 1988 – Bent Rasmussen: ''Bitte Bødvar og banen'' * 1989 – Louis Jensen: ''Krystalmanden'', ''Tusindfuglen'', ''Hjerterejsen'', ''Det grønne spor'' and ''Drageflyverne'' * 1990 –

Kim Fupz Aakeson Kim Fupz Aakeson (born 1958) is a Danish writer, illustrator, and screenwriter. Early life Kim Fupz Aakeson was born in 1958. Career Aakeson is a Danish writer, illustrator, and screenwriter. He is the co-author of a series of children's book ...

: ''Dengang min onkel Kulle blev skør'' and ''Stor og stærk'' * 1991 – Thomas Winding: ''Min lille hund Mester'' and ''Mester, min lille hund i natten'' * 1992 – Jens Peder Larsen: ''Brønden'' * 1993 –

Lotte Inuk Lotte may refer to: Businesses * Lotte Corporation, a South Korean industrial conglomerate ** Lotte Capital, a South Korean financial company ** Lotte Card, a South Korean credit card provider ** Lotte Chilsung, a South Korean manufacturer of fo ...

: ''Gina og Gina je t'aime'' * 1994 – Anders Johansen: ''Kærlighedens labyrint'' * 1995 – Bodil Bredsdorff: ''Krageungen, Eidi, Tink og Alek'' * 1996 – Dorte Karrebæk: ''Pigen der var go' til mange ting'' * 1997 – Cecilie Eken: '' Sikkas fortælling'' * 1998 – Wivi Leth: ''Engle græder ikke'' * 1999 – Martin Petersen: ''Med ilden i ryggen'' * 2000 –

Kåre Bluitgen Kåre Bluitgen (10 May 1959) is a Danish writer and journalist whose works include a biography of Muhammad. In the 1970s Bluitgen was politically active on the Danish left, namely within the Left Socialists. Education and career Kåre Bluitgen r ...

: ''Niels Klims forunderlige rejse 1–4'' * 2001 –

Janne Teller Janne Teller (born 8 April 1964 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer of Austrian–German descent, who lives in New York City, New York and Berlin. Before she became a full-time writer she used to work as a conflict advisor for European Unio ...

: ''Intet'' * 2002 –

Bente Clod Bente Clod (born 1946) is a Danish poet and prose writer, "an important author within the realist feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, econo ...

: ''Englekraft'', ''I vilden sky og Himmelfald'' * 2003 – Kamilla Hega Holst: ''Den sovende sangerinde'' * 2004 – Daniel Zimakoff: ''En dødssyg ven'' * 2005 – Birgit Strandbygaard: ''Drengen der samlede på ord'' * 2006 – Charlotte Blay: ''Skrællingen – Tora i vinland'' * 2007 – Cecilie Eken: ''Mørkebarnet'' * 2008 – Josefine Ottesen: ''Golak'' * 2009 – Anita Krumbach: ''Et mærkeligt skib'' * 2010 – Jesper Wung-Sung: ''Kopierne'' * 2011 –

: ''Jeg begyndte sådan set bare at gå''KUM.dk
/ref> * 2012 – Ronnie Andersen: ''Komatøs'' * 2013 – Sanne Munk Jensen og Glenn Ringtved: ''Dig og mig ved daggry'' * 2014 – Mette Hegnhøj: ''Ella er mit navn vil du købe det?'' * 2015 – Mette Eike Neerlin: ''Hest, hest, tiger, tiger'' * 2016 – Hanne Kvist: ''Dyr med pels - og uden'' * 2017 – Mette Vedsø: ''Hest Horse pferd cheval love'' * 2018 – Jesper Wung-Sung: ''Aben og gabestokken'' * 2019 – Kathrine Assels: ''Mester Ester'' * 2020 – Adam O.: ''Den rustne verden. 3. del: Ukrudt'' * 2021 – Tina Sakura: ''Bjørnen'' * 2022 – Vilma Sandnes Johansson: ''Tænk ikke på mig'' * 2023 – Hanne Dagmar Raaberg: ''Papirhjerter''

References

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External links

Litteraturpriser.dk, The Awards of the Ministry of Culture
Danish literary awards