The Elsa Beskow Plaque, established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association (), is a Swedish award given to the artist who has created the best Swedish picture book for children or the best illustrated Swedish children's book during the previous year.- -
The jury for the award consists of six members appointed by the main board of the library association. Four of the members must be active children's librarians, one whom should be the leader of the association's group for children's library activities. The remaining two jury members are external experts in children's literature and illustration art. The jury may choose to award the prize for an artist's overall production. The prize amount has been SEK 25,000 since 2008.
The award is named after the Swedish picture book artist, Elsa Beskow.
Award recipients
Year Award recipients Original book name Book name in English 1958 Tove Jansson Trollvinter Moominland Midwinter 1959 Martin Lamm All världens vackra sagor All the world's beautiful fairy tales 1960 Ulf Löfgren Barnen i djungeln Children in the jungle 1961 Eva Billow Filippa Hallondoft Filippa Raspberry fragrance 1962 Not awarded this year 1963 Anna Riwkin-Brick Overall production 1964 Fibben Hald Katten blåste i silverhorn The cat blew his silver horn 1965 Stig Södersten Overall production 1966 Lasse Sandberg Lilla spöket Laban Little ghost Laban 1967 Poul Ströyer Overall production 1968 Eric Palmquist Overall production 1969 Ilon Wikland Overall production 1970 Inga Borg Overall production 1971 Björn Berg Emil i Lönneberga and Teskjekjerringa Emil of Lönneberga and Mrs. Pepperpot 1972 Harald Gripe Maria Gripes bøker 1973 Kaj Beckman Overall production 1974 Sven Hemmel Overall production 1975 Mats Andersson Overall production 1976 Harald Wiberg Den stora snöstormen Big Snowstorm 1977 Jan Lööf Skrot-Nisse Scrap Elf 1978 Thomas Bergman Vem förstår oss Who Understands Us 1979 Gunilla Bergström Ramsor och tramsor om Bill och Bolla Rhymes About Bill and Bolla 1980 Tord Nygren Overall production 1981 Eva Eriksson Mamman och den vilda bebin Mother and the Wild Baby 1982 Ann-Madeleine Gelotte Tyra i 10:an Odengatan Tyra in 10 Odengatan 1983 Cecilia Torudd Daghemmet Rödmyran The Rödmyran daycare 1984 Lena Anderson Maja tittar på naturen Maja looks at nature 1985 Bengt Arne Runnerström Arhuaco Sierra Nevada Arhuaco Sierra Nevada 1986 Anna-Clara Tidholm Overall production 1987 Lars Klinting Overall production 1988 Anna Höglund Jaguaren The Jaguar 1989 Sven Nordqvist Gubben og katten and Nasse The old man and the cat and Piggy 1990 Gunna Grähs Overall production 1991 Bodil Hagbrink Barnen från Tibet Children of Tibet 1992 Olof Landström Nisse hos frisören and Herr Bohm och sillen Elf at the hairdresser and Herr Bohm and the herring 1993 Pija Lindenbaum Bra Börje Good Start 1994 Anna Bengtsson Barnvaktsbarn and Fredrik Matsson blir kär Babysitter's child and Fredrik Matsson falls in love 1995 Eva Lindström Gunnar i granskogen Gunnar in the spruce forest 1996 Lisa Örtengren Dockvandringen The puppet walk 1997 Pernilla Stalfelt Hårboken Hair book 1998 Mati Lepp ABCD-boken The ABCD book 1999 Jockum Nordström Var är Sailor och Pekka Where are Sailor and Pekka 2000 Stina Wirsén Rut och Knut ställer ut Rut and Knut exhibit 2001 Ann Forslind Overall production 2002 Jeanette Milde När jag mötte Carl Einar When I met Carl Einar 2003 Jens Ahlbom Overall production 2004 Annika Samuelsson Snurran och den osande abborren The spinner and the oozing perch 2005 Kristina Digman Overall production 2006 Gunilla Ingves Bøkene om Nalle Bruno The books about Teddy Bear Bruno 2007 Charlotte Ramel Overall production 2008 Staffan Gnosspelius Gå och bada, Mister Räf! Go swimming, Mister Fox! 2009 Lotta Geffenblad Overall production 2010 Inger Rydén Den lilla hunden The little dog 2011 Lena Sjöberg Tänk om… What if… 2012 Sara Lundberg Vita streck och Öjvind White lines and Öjvind 2013 Emma Adbåge Lenis Olle and her other production Lenis Olle and her other productions 2014 Per Gustavsson Skuggsidan The shadow side 2015 Annika Thor and Maria Jönsson Flickan från långt borta The girl from far away 2016 Viveka Sjögren Om du skulle fråga Micha If you asked Micha 2017 Emma Virke Klä på Herr H. Dress up Mr. H. 2018 Lisen Adbåge Samtidigt som and her other production 2019 Kristin Lidström Kattvinden The Tower Room 2020 Alexander Jansson Tassemarker 2021 Johan Egerkrans Overall production 2022 Jonas Tjäder and Maja Knochenhauer Bokstavshusen 2023 Kerstin Elias Costa Fjärilshuset
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