The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of

Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer. 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 was ...

, the first woman to win the

Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

. The prize was founded by the Sunne Municipality in

Värmland County Värmland County () is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

in 1983 and has been awarded annually since 1984. Recipients receive 100,000

Swedish kronor The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; currency sign, sign: kr; ISO 4217, code: SEK) is the currency of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usual ...

. The awards ceremony takes place in Sunne every August 13 and is in honor of

List of recipients

The winners of the Selma Lagerlöf Prize are: * 1984 –

Birgitta Trotzig Birgitta Trotzig (11 September 1929 – 14 May 2011) was a Sweden, Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry. B ...

* 1985 – Sara Lidman * 1986 –

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...

* 1987 –

Göran Tunström Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone. ...

* 1988 – Lars Ahlin * 1989 – Kerstin Ekman * 1990 – Lars Andersson * 1991 – Lars Gyllensten * 1992 –

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 Helsinki, Stockholm, ...

* 1993 – Georg Henrik von Wright * 1994 – Stig Claesson * 1995 – Ulla Isaksson * 1996 – Rolf Edberg * 1997 – Per Olov Enquist * 1998 – Göran Palm * 1999 – Kristina Lugn * 2000 –

Torgny Lindgren Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer. Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several ...

* 2001 –

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* 2002 – Peter Englund * 2003 –

P. C. Jersild Per Christian Jersild, better known as ''P. C. Jersild'', (born 1935) is a Sweden, Swedish author and physician. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University from 22 January 2000, and another one in engine ...

* 2004 – Sigrid Combüchen * 2005 – Birgitta Stenberg * 2006 – Lars Jakobson * 2007 – Barbro Lindgren * 2008 – John Ajvide Lindqvist * 2009 – Lars Gustafsson * 2010 – Jan Lööf * 2011 – Ellen Mattson * 2012 –

Klas Östergren Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel ''Gentlemen'' in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, ...

* 2013 – Kjell Johansson * 2014 –

Lotta Lotass Britt Inger Liselott "Lotta" Lotass Hagström (born 28 February 1964) is a Swedish writer. She holds a PhD of Comparative literature from the University of Gothenburg, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lotass made her literary debut in 2000, and ...

* 2015 – Stewe Claeson * 2016 – Sara Stridsberg * 2017 – Lars Norén * 2018 – Carola Hansson * 2019 – Kristina Sandberg * 2020 – Monika Fagerholm * 2021 – Niklas Rådström * 2022 – Inger Edelfeldt * 2023 – Bengt Berg * 2024 – Steve Sem-Sandberg

References

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