Selma Lagerlöf Prize

The Selma Lagerlöf Prize is a Swedish literary prize awarded to an author writing in the spirit of Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize was founded by the Sunne Municipality in Värmland County 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

The winners of the Selma Lagerlöf Prize are:

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 2023 – Bengt Berg 2024 – Steve Sem-Sandberg 2025 – Eva Lindström

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