Cappelen Prize

The Cappelen Prize () is a Norwegian literary award that was established in 1979 by J.W. Cappelens Forlag, one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house. It has not been awarded after J.W. Cappelens Forlag merged with N. W. Damm & Søn to Cappelen Damm in 2007.

Laureates 1979 – Thorbjørn Egner 1980 – Odd Eidem 1981 – Hans Normann Dahl and Vivian Zahl Olsen 1982 – Bjørg Vik and Jahn Otto Johansen 1983 – Richard Herrmann, Otto Øgrim, Helmut Ormestad and Kåre Lunde 1984 – Lars Saabye Christensen, Ove Røsbak, Rune Belsvik and Karin Sveen 1985 – Kolbein Falkeid and Arvid Hanssen 1986 – Inger Margrethe Gaarder and Fredrik Skagen 1987 – Roy Jacobsen and Håvard Rem 1988 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen 1989 – Vigdis Hjorth 1990 – Kjell Arild Pollestad and Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld 1991 – Paal-Helge Haugen 1992 – Axel Jensen 1993 – Erik Bye and Tor Bomann-Larsen 1994 – No award 1995 – No award 1996 – Gert Nygårdshaug 1997 – Erlend Loe 1998 – No award 1999 – Georg Johannesen 2000 – Gro Dahle 2001 – Anne Holt 2002 – Jan Jakob Tønseth 2003 – Karin Fossum 2004 – Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Ingeborg Arvola, Ørnulf Hodne, Anne-Lise Gjerdrum 2005 – No award 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen and Torbjørn Færøvik 2007 – Discontinued.

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