The Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation is an award given by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy (Svenska Deckarakademin) for the best crime novel in translation . It is one of the most prestigious international crime-writing awards.

It was called The Martin Beck Award between 1996 and 2009, named after Martin Beck, a fictional Swedish police detective who is the main character in a series of ten novels by Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020) and Per Wahlöö (1926–1975).

Winners The country and year of the first publication in brackets.

1970s 1971 – Julian Symons, The 31st of February, (UK, 1950) 1972 – Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal, (UK, 1971) 1973 – Richard Neely, The Walter Syndrome, (USA, 1970) 1974 – Francis Iles, Malice Aforethought, (UK, 1931) 1975 – Cornell Woolrich, Rendezvous in Black, (USA, 1948) 1976 – John Franklin Bardin, The Last of Philip Banter, (USA, 1947) and Devil Take The Blue-Tail Fly, (UK, 1948) 1977 – Leslie Thomas, Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective, (UK, 1976) 1978 – Anthony Price, Other Paths to Glory, (UK, 1974) 1979 – Brian Garfield, Recoil, (USA, 1977)

1980s 1980 – Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me, (UK, 1979) 1981 – Sébastien Japrisot, One Deadly Summer, (L'Été meurtrier, France, 1977) 1982 – Margaret Yorke, The Scent of Fear, (UK, 1980) 1983 – Pierre Magnan, Death in the Truffle Wood, (Le Commissaire dans la truffière, France, 1978) 1984 – Len Deighton, Berlin Game, (UK, 1983) 1985 – Elmore Leonard, LaBrava, (USA, 1983) 1986 – John le Carré, A Perfect Spy, (UK, 1986) 1987 – Matti Joensuu, Harjunpää and the Tormentors, (Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät, Finland, 1986) 1988 – Scott Turow, Presumed Innocent, (USA, 1987) 1989 – Anders Bodelsen, Mørklægning, (Denmark, 1988)

1990s 1990 – Ross Thomas, Chinaman's Chance, (USA, 1978) 1991 – Doris Gercke, Weinschröter, du musst hängen, (Weinschröter, du musst hängen, Germany, 1988) 1992 – Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, The Southern Seas, (Spain, 1979) 1993 – Tim Krabbé, The Golden Egg, (Het gouden ei, Netherlands, 1984) 1994 – Maarten 't Hart, Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld, (Netherlands, 1993) 1995 – Scott Smith, A Simple Plan, (USA, 1993) 1996 – David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars, (USA, 1994) 1997 – Barry Unsworth, Morality Play, (UK, 1995) 1998 – Mary Willis Walker, Under the Beetle's Cellar, (USA, 1995) 1999 – Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost, (UK, 1997)

2000s 2000 – Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair, (USA, 1996) 2001 – Peter Robinson, In a Dry Season, (USA, 1999) 2002 – Karin Fossum, Black Seconds, (Svarte sekunder, Norway, 2002) 2003 – Ben Elton, Dead Famous, (UK, 2001) 2004 – Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, (UK, 1998) 2005 – Arnaldur Indriðason, Voices, (Röddin, Iceland, 2002) 2006 – Philippe Claudel, Grey Souls, (Les Âmes grises, France, 2003) 2007 – Thomas H. Cook, Red Leaves, (USA, 2005) 2008 – Andrea Maria Schenkel, Tannöd, (Germany, 2006) 2009 – Andrew Taylor, Bleeding Heart Square, (UK, 2008)

2010s 2010 – Deon Meyer, Devil's Peak, (Infanta, , 2004) 2011 – Denise Mina, The End of the Wasp Season, (, 2010) 2012 – Peter Robinson, Before the Poison, (, 2011) 2013 – Dror Mishani, The Missing File, (Tik ne'edar, , 2011) 2014 – Jørn Lier Horst, The Hunting Dogs, (Jakthundene, , 2012) 2015 – Nic Pizzolatto, Galveston, (, 2010) 2016 – Ray Celestin, The Axeman's Jazz, (, 2014) 2017 – Ane Riel, Harpiks, (, 2015) 2018 – Thomas Mullen, Darktown, (, 2016) 2019 – Jane Harper, The Lost Man, (, 2018)

2020s 2020 – Deon Meyer, The Last Hunt, (Prooi, , 2019) 2021 – Guillaume Musso, La jeune fille et la nuit, (, 2018) 2022 – Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End, (, 2020) 2023 – Jo Callaghan, In the Blink of an Eye, (, 2023) 2024 – David Baldacci, A Calamity of Souls, (, 2024)

See also MWJ Award for Mystery Fiction in Translation

References

External links Swedish Crime Writers' Academy