The Glass Key award (, , , , ) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.
The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia () to a crime novel written by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.
Winners YearAuthorOriginal titleEnglish translationCountry1992Henning MankellMördare utan ansikteFaceless Killers1993Peter HøegFrøken Smillas fornemmelse for sneMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow1994Kim SmågeSub Rosan/a1995Erik Otto LarsenMasken i spejletlit. The mask in the mirror1996Fredrik SkagenNattsuglit. Night cravings1997Karin FossumSe dig ikke tilbake!Don't Look Back1998Jo NesbøFlaggermusmannenThe Bat1999Leif DavidsenLimes billedeLime's Photograph2000Håkan NesserCaramboleHour of the Wolf2001Karin AlvtegenSaknadMissing2002Arnaldur IndriðasonMýrinJar City2003Arnaldur IndriðasonGrafarþögnSilence of the Grave2004Kurt AustHjemsøktlit. Haunted/2005Anders Roslund & Börge HellströmOdjuretThe Beast / Pen 332006Stieg LarssonMän som hatar kvinnorThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2007Matti RönkäYstävät kaukanalit. Friends far away2008Stieg LarssonLuftslottet som sprängdesThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest2009TheorinJohan TheorinNattfåkThe Darkest Room2010Jussi Adler-OlsenFlaskepost fra PA Conspiracy of Faith2011Leif G. W. PerssonDen döende detektivenThe Dying Detective2012Det syvende barnThe Seventh Child 2013Jørn Lier HorstJakthundeneThe Hunting Dogs2014Gard SveenDen siste pilegrimenThe Last Pilgrim2015EremittenThe Hermit2016Ane RielHarpiksResin2017Malin Persson GiolitoStörst av alltQuicksand2018Camilla GrebeHusdjuretAfter She's Gone2019Stina JacksonSilvervägenThe Silver Road2020Camilla GrebeSkuggjägarenlit. The Shadow hunter2021Tove AlsterdalRotvältaWe Know You Remember2022Morten HesseldahlMørket under isenlit. The Darkness under the ice2023Max SeeckKaunaThe Last Grudge2024Christoffer CarlssonLevande och dödalit. Living and dead2025Eva FretheimFuglekongenlit. Goldcrest
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