Fred Åkeström grant is an allowance granted every year to "a person who has worked in a significant way to preserve, develop, and / or create Swedish visor." It was named after Fred Åkerström. The custom began in 1987 by the () in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar. The grant is awarded during the Visfestival and the prize money is 40,000 krona.
Grant winners 1987 – 1988 – Åsa Jinder 1989 – Ewert Ljusberg 1990 – Lena Willemark 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – Mikael Samuelson & Mats Bergström 1994 – Ola Magnell 1995 – 1996 – Stefan Sundström 1997 – 1998 – Björn Ulvaeus 1999 – 2000 – Olle Adolphson 2001 – 2002 – Kjell Höglund 2003 – 2004 – 2005 – CajsaStina Åkerström 2006 – 2007 – Alf Hambe 2008 – Jack Vreeswijk 2009 – Marie Bergman 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – Stefan Andersson 2013 –
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