The Rubus Arcticus is an annual cultural grant awarded by the County Council of Norrbotten County in Sweden. The grant is named after the Rubus arcticus, the scientific name of the Arctic raspberry (), which is the provincial flower of Norrbotten.
The grant is a development grant worth 100,000 SEK awarded to professional artists. From 1995 until 1998, it was awarded twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, to four artists each time. From 1998 until 2001, it was awarded to eight artists once a year. Since 2001, the grant has been awarded to four artists once a year.
Recipients Year Recipient Field 1995 (spring) Paul-Anders Simma multimedia Gunilla G Bresky film Håkan Rudehill drama Marika Sandström dance 1995 (fall) Bengt Pohjanen literature Ingela Nilsson multimedia Osnát Opatowsky-Wahlberg dance Eva-Stina Sandling visual arts 1996 (spring) Eva Hammond dance Erik Norberg music, drama Boris Ersson film, multimedia Erik Fankki handicraft 1996 (fall) Eva Källman art Dan Lundström film Charlotta Ruth dance Jan Ferm music 1997 (spring) Dan Lestander art Torbjörn Säfve literature Anna Pontén film Svante Lindqvist music 1997 (fall) Jan-Anders Eriksson art Åsa Simma film, multimedia Elisabeth Heilman-Blind theater Lars Gulliksson music 1998 (spring) Brita Weglin art Lena Stenberg art Katarina Fallholm music, opera Hans Andersson literature 1998 (fall) Lena Lahti art Kenneth Jansson dance Marianne Öqvist art Dave Ave (David Lindgren, Aron Tideström) music 1999 Jan Sandström music Yana Sundgren Mangi music Katarina Kieri literature Mattias Alkberg literature Mikael Niemi literature Lennart Holmbom art Gudrun Söderholm art Christer Engberg film 2000 Bertil Sundstedt art Åsa Bergdahl art Britta Marakatt-Labba art Lisbeth Sandberg music Kristoffer Åström music Ann Marie Ljungberg literature Bror Astermo theater Katarina Wennberg dance 2001 Boel Forssell theater Lena Ylipää art Pontus Wikström film Manlio Hjelm-Giordano music 2002 Maria Vedin literature Peo Rask literature Erling Fredriksson music Ricky Sandberg art 2003 Carina Henriksson opera Rose-Marie Huuva literature Johan Ramström music David Vikgren literature 2004 Anna Vnuk dance Mona Mörtlund literature Pia Suonvieri performance arts Christer Lövgren art 2005 Anette Winblad film Kjell Morin theater Monica L. Edmondson art Yngve Ryd literature 2006 Sofia Jannok music Magnus Fredriksson film Cecilia Hansson literature Jenny Välitalo music 2007 AnnaSofia Mååg art Mattias Kalander music Agneta Andersson art Simon Marainen music 2008 Kerstin Hedström art Joar Tiberg literature Ann-Helén Laestadius literature Markus Wargh music 2009 Ingela Lekfalk film Gun Olofsson music Sara Edström art Jonas Selberg Augustsén film 2010 Mitra Sohrabian film Randi Marainen art Patrik Häggström dance Anton Raukola theater 2011 Klas Hällerstrand art Pia-Karin Helsing music Lisa Hennix dance Cecilia Enberg art 2012 Anna Azcárate theater Christian Svarfvar music Lina Stoltz literature Liselott Wajstedt art 2013 Marcus Fjellström music Barbro Lomakka textile arts Maria Ros Palmklint performing arts Johanna Lindbäck literature 2014 Victoria Andersson visual arts Camilla Blomqvist screenwriting Daniel Wikslund music Jouni Vesa dance 2015 Nicolai Dunger music Fanny Kivimäki dance Magnus Svensson visual arts Marie Wårell dance 2016 Anja Örn arts Elin Ruuth literature Jonna Löfgren music Marcus Baldemar dance 2017 Anders Alm photography Charlotta Lennartsdotter film David Väyrynen literature Rasmus Lindberg theater 2018 Lotta Lampa arts Thomas Hämén arts Bo Selinder music Linda Remahl dance 2019 Anders Sunna arts Daniel Åberg literature Anna-Sofia Monroy music Charlotte Lindmark acting 2020 Jenny Nordmark visual and sculptural arts Jerry Carlsson film Vera Vinter music Eva Svaneblom dance 2021 Andreas R Andersson visual and sculptural arts Linnea Axelsson literature Zakarias Lekberg music Sven Björklund theater 2022 Ida Isak Westerberg visual and sculptural arts Elin Anna Labba literature Mirja Palo music Jon Blåhed film
References
External links Culture in Norrbotten