The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was founded by the Sunne Municipality in 1983 and has been awarded annually since 1984. Recipients receive 100,000 Swedish kronor. The awards ceremony takes place in Sunne every August 13 and is in honor of Selma Lagerlöf.

List of recipients

1984 – Birgitta Trotzig

1985 – Sara Lidman

1986 – Astrid Lindgren

1987 – Göran Tunström

1988 – Lars Ahlin

1989 – Kerstin Ekman

1990 – Lars Andersson

1991 – Lars Gyllensten

1992 – Tove Jansson

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

2001 – Agneta Pleijel

2002 – Peter Englund

2003 – P. C. Jersild

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

2013 – Kjell Johansson

2014 – Lotta Lotass

2015 – Stewe Claeson

2016 – Sara Stridsberg

2017 – Lars Norén

2018 – Carola Hansson

2019 – Kristina Sandberg

2020 – Monika Fagerholm

2021 – Niklas Rådström

2022 – Inger Edelfeldt

References

Awards established in 1983

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish literary awards

Selma Lagerlöf Prize