This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This list is current as of the 97th Academy Awards.
Acting Actor in a Leading Role ActorYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1987 Max von Sydow / Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) 2007 Viggo Mortensen / Eastern Promises 2016 Captain Fantastic 2018 Green Book
Actress in a Leading Role ActressYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1929–1930 Greta Garbo Anna Christie Romance 1936 Camille 1939 Ninotchka 1942 Ingrid Bergman For Whom the Bell Tolls 1944 Gaslight 1945 The Bells of St. Mary's 1948 Joan of Arc 1956 Anastasia 1972 Liv Ullmann The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) Ullman is a Norwegian actress who was born in Japan. 1975 Ann-Margret Tommy 1976 Liv Ullmann Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) 1978 Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) 2020 Scarlett Johansson / Marriage Story Johansson holds dual American and Danish citizenship. 2025 Renate Reinsve Sentimental Value
Actor in a Supporting Role Supporting ActorYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2011 Max von Sydow / Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2025 Stellan Skarsgård Sentimental Value
Actress in a Supporting Role Supporting ActressYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Ann-Margret Carnal Knowledge 1974 Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express 1989 Lena Olin Enemies: A Love Story 2015 Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl 2020 Scarlett Johansson / Jojo Rabbit Johansson holds dual American and Danish citizenship. 2025 Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Sentimental Value
Production Design Production DesignYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1931 Max Rée Cimarron 1955Tambi LarsenThe Rose Tattoo Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams. 1963Hud Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Robert R. Benton. 1965The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Shared with Hal Pereira, Ted Marshall and Josie MacAvin. 1970The Molly MaGuires Shared with Darrell Silvera. 1981Heaven's Gate Shared with James L. Berkey.1961 Eric Orbom Spartacus Shared with Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron.1982 Anna Asp Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
Cinematography CinematographyYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Sven Nykvist Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) 1982 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) 1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1989Mikael Salomon The Abyss 2016 Linus Sandgren La La Land 2017Hoyte van Hoytema / Dunkirk Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer.Dan Laustsen The Shape of Water 2021Nightmare Alley 2023 Hoyte van Hoytema /Oppenheimer 2025Dan LaustsenFrankenstein
Costume Design Costume DesignYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 Marik Vos-Lundh / The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer. 1972 Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) 1975 Ulla-Britt Söderlund Barry Lyndon Shared with Milena Canonero. Karin ErskineHenny Noremark The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) rowspan=1 1982 Marik Vos-Lundh / Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
Makeup and Hairstyling Makeup and HairstylingYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2014 Love LarsonEva Von Bahr The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared 2015 A Man Called Ove 2018 Göran LundströmPamela Goldammer Border 2021 Love LarsonEva Von Bahr Dune Shared with Donald Mowat. Göran LundströmAnna Carin Lock House of Gucci Shared with Frederic Aspiras.2025Thomas FoldbergAnne Cathrine SauerbergThe Ugly Stepsister
Editing EditingYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1983 Tom Rolf The Right Stuff Shared with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter and Douglas Stewart. 2020Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Sound of Metal 2022 The Banshees of Inisherin 2025Olivier Bugge CouttéSentimental Value
Visual Effects Visual EffectsYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1991 Mikael Salomon Backdraft
Director DirectorYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Jan Troell The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) 1973 Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) 1976 Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) 1987 Lasse Hallström My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) 1999 The Cider House Rules 2014 Morten Tyldum The Imitation Game 2020 Thomas Vinterberg Another Round (Druk) 2022 Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness 2025 Joachim Trier / Sentimental Value
International Feature Film
This list focuses on films from Nordic countries that won or were nominated for the International Feature Film award.
International Feature FilmYearFilmCountryDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes 1956 Qivitoq Erik Balling 1957 Nine Lives Arne Skouen 1959 Paw Astrid Henning-Jensen 1960 The Virgin Spring Ingmar Bergman 1961 Harry and the Butler Bent Christensen Through a Glass Darkly Ingmar Bergman 1964 Raven's End Bo Widerberg 1965 Dear John Lars-Magnus Lindgren 1969 Ådalen '31 Bo Widerberg 1971 The Emigrants Jan Troell 1972 The New Land 1982 The Flight of the Eagle 1983 Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman 1987 Babette's Feast Gabriel Axel Pathfinder Nils Gaup 1988 Pelle the Conqueror Bille August 1989 Waltzing Regitze Kaspar Rostrup 1991 Children of Nature Friðrik Þór Friðriksson The Ox Sven Nykvist 1995 All Things Fair Bo Widerberg 1996 The Other Side of Sunday Berit Nesheim 1999 Under the Sun Colin Nutley 2001 Elling Petter Næss 2002 The Man Without a Past Aki Kaurismäki 2003 Evil Mikael Håfström 2004 As It Is in Heaven Kay Pollak 2006 After the Wedding Susanne Bier 2010 In a Better World 2012 Kon-Tiki Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg A Royal Affair Nikolaj Arcel 2013 The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg 2015 A War Tobias Lindholm 2016 Land of Mine Martin Zandvliet A Man Called Ove Hannes Holm 2017The SquareRuben Östlund 2020 Another Round Thomas Vinterberg 2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier 2024 The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn 2025 Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Animated Feature This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Animated Feature award.
Animated FeatureYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2021 Jonas Poher RasmussenMonica HellströmSigne Byrge Sørensen Flee Shared with Charlotte de la Gournerie.
Animated Short This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the animated, short film award.
Animated ShortYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1999 Torill Kove / My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator.2006The Danish Poet 2007 Gary Rydstrom (US-born) Lifted 2020 Gísli Darri HalldórssonArnar Gunnarsson Yes-People 2022 Sara Gunnarsdóttir My Year of Dicks Shared with Pamela Ribon
Live Action Short This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the live action, short film award.
Live Action ShortYearFilmCountryDirector and ProducerStatusMilestone / Notes 1996 Ernst & Lyset Anders Thomas JensenKim Magnusson 1997 Wolfgang 1998 Election Night Victor Simon SandquistJoel Bergvall 1999 Major and Minor Miracles Marcus A. Olsson 2002 Der Er En Yndig Mand Martin Strange-HansenMie Andreasen 2005 The Last Farm Rúnar Rúnarsson 2006 Helmer & Son Søren PilmarkKim Magnusson 2007 At Night Christian E. ChristiansenLouise Vesth 2008 The Pig Tivi MagnussonDorte Høgh 2009 The New Tenants Joachim BackTivi Magnusson Instead of Abracadabra Patrik EklundMathias Fjellström 2011 Tuba Atlantic Hallvar Witzø Nomination was rescinded after it was revealed the short had aired on television prior to its theatrical release. 2013 Helium Anders WalterKim Magnusson Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? Selma VilhunenKirsikka Saari 2016Silent Nights Aske BangKim Magnusson 2021On My Mind Martin Strange-HansenKim Magnusson 2022 Ivalu Anders WalterRebecca Pruzan Night Ride Eirik TveitenGaute Lid Larssen 2023Knight of FortuneLasse Lyskjær NoerChristian Norlyk
Documentary This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Documentary award.
DocumentaryYearFilmCountryDirector / RecipientStatusMilestone / Notes 1951 Kon-Tiki Olle Nordemar Producer / Editor.Norwegian film, Swedish recipient. 1971 Ra Thor Heyerdahl and Lennart Ehrenborg 2009 Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller 2012 Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul Shared with Simon Chinn. 2013 The Act of Killing Signe Byrge Sørensen Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. 2015 The Look of Silence 2017 Last Men in Aleppo Søren Steen Jespersen Shared with Feras Fayyad and Kareem Abeed. 2019 The Cave Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær Shared with Feras Fayyad. 2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, and Signe Byrge Sørensen Shared with Charlotte De La Gournerie. 2022 A House Made of Splinters Monica Hellström, Simon Lereng Vilmont 2024Black Box DiariesHanna Aqvilin Shared with Shiori Itō and Eric Nyari
Best Documentary (Short Subject) Documentary (Short Subject)YearFilmCountryDirector / RecipientStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 A City Called Copenhagen Statens Filmcentral and The Danish Government Film Office
Music
Original Song
Original SongYearNameCountryFilmSongStatusMilestone / Notes 2000 BjörkSjón Dancer in the Dark"I've Seen It All" Lars von Trier 2007 Markéta Irglová / Once "Falling Slowly" Irglová holds dual Czech and Icelandic citizenship.Shared with Glen Hansard. 2016 Max MartinShellback Trolls "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Shared with Justin Timberlake. 2020 Fat Max GsusRickard Göransson Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Husavik" Shared with Savan Kotecha. 2022Ludwig Göransson Black Panther: Wakanda Forever "Lift Me Up" Shared with Tems, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler. 2025 Sinners "I Lied to You" Shared with Raphael Saadiq.
Original Score
Original ScoreYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1937 Leigh Harline (US-born) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1940 Pinocchio 1942 The Pride of the Yankees You Were Never Lovelier 1943 Johnny Come Lately The Sky's the Limit 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 2014 Jóhann Jóhannsson The Theory of Everything 2015 Sicario 2018 Ludwig Göransson Black Panther 2019 Hildur Guðnadóttir Joker 2023Ludwig Göransson Oppenheimer 2025 Sinners
Best Picture Best PictureYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Bengt Forslund The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) 1973 Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) 2025Maria Ekerhovd Andrea Berentsen OttmarSentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi) Lars KnudsenBugonia Shared with Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone
Writing Adapted Screenplay Adapted ScreenplayYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Bengt ForslundJan Troell The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) 1987 Per BerglundBrasse BrännströmLasse HallströmReidar Jönsson My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) 2007 Hawk Ostby Children of Men Otsby was born in India, but grew up in Norway.Shared with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, and Mark Fergus.
Original Screenplay Original ScreenplayYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1959Ingmar Bergman Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) 1962 Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) 1973 Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) 1978 Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) 2021 Joachim TrierEskil Vogt The Worst Person in the World(Verdens verste menneske) 2022 Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness 2024 Mona Fastvold The Brutalist Shared with Brady Corbet 2025 Joachim TrierEskil Vogt Sentimental Value(Affeksjonsverdi)
Sound
Sound SoundYearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1992 Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? Terminator 2: Judgment Day Backdraft 1994 Jurassic Park 1998 Titanic 1999 Saving Private Ryan 2021West Side Story
Sound Editing