Nils Holgersson Plaque facts for kids

The Nils Holgersson Plaque is a special award given out every year. It celebrates the best books written for children and young people in the Swedish language. The Swedish Library Association started this award in 1950. It is named after a famous book called The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, written by Selma Lagerlöf.

Who Has Won This Award?

Many talented authors have received the Nils Holgersson Plaque over the years. Here is a list of the winners and the books or works they were recognized for:

• 1950 – Astrid Lindgren for "Nils Karlsson Pyssling"
• 1951 – Lennart Hellsing for "Summa summarum"
• 1952 – Sten Bergman for "Vildar och paradisfåglar"
• 1953 – Tove Jansson for "Hur gick det sen?"
• 1954 – The plaque was not awarded
• 1955 – Harry Kullman for "Hemlig resa"
• 1956 – Olle Mattsson for "Briggen Tre Liljor"
• 1957 – Edith Unnerstad for "Farmorsresan" (Journey to Grandmother)
• 1958 – Hans Peterson for "Magnus, Mattias och Mari"
• 1959 – Anna Lisa Wärnlöf for "Pellas bok"
• 1959 – Jeanna Oterdahl received an additional plaque for her rare and valuable work
• 1960 – Kai Söderhjelm for "Mikko i kungens tjänst"
• 1961 – Åke Holmberg for "Ture Sventon, privatdetektiv"
• 1962 – Britt G Hallqvist for "Festen i Hulabo"
• 1963 – Maria Gripe for "Hugo och Josefin"
• 1964 – Karin Anckarsvärd for "Doktorns pojk"
• 1965 – Gunnel Linde for "Den vita stenen"
• 1966 – The plaque was not awarded
• 1967 – Inger Högelin-Brattström for her later books for teenagers
• 1968 – Max Lundgren for "Pojken med guldbyxorna" and "Åshöjdens bollklubb"
• 1969 – Bo Carpelan for "Bågen"
• 1970 – Stig Ericson for his total output of works
• 1971 – Hans-Eric Hellberg for his total output of works
• 1972 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius for the Trilogy "Fru Sola"
• 1973 – Inger Sandberg for her total output of works for young children
• 1974 – Sven Wernström for "Trälarna"
• 1975 – Gunnel Beckman for her total output of works
• 1976 – Maud Reuterswärd for her total output of works
• 1977 – Barbro Lindgren for "Lilla Sparvel"
• 1978 – Siv Widerberg for her total output of works
• 1979 – Bengt Martin for "Bengt och kärleken"
• 1980 – Rose Lagercrantz for her total output of works
• 1981 – Helmer Linderholm for "Amisko-serien"
• 1982 – Kerstin Johansson for "Moa och Pelle"
• 1983 – Hans Erik Engqvist for his total output of works
• 1984 – Ulf Nilsson for "Lilla syster kanin" and "En kamp för frihet"
• 1985 – Mats Larsson for "Trollkarlen från Galdar"
• 1986 – Peter Pohl for "Janne, min vän"
• 1987 – Monica Zak for "Pumans fötter"
• 1988 – Ulf Stark for "Jaguar"
• 1989 – Mats Wahl for "Maj Darlin"
• 1990 – Annika Holm for "Amanda! Amanda!"
• 1991 – Henning Mankell for "Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna"
• 1992 – Viveca Sundvall for "Eddie och Maxon Jaxon"
• 1993 – Sonja Hulth for "Barnens svenska historia"
• 1994 – Thomas Tidholm for "Förr i tiden"
• 1995 – Inger Edelfeldt for "Gravitation"
• 1996 – Helena Dahlbäck for "Jag Julia" and "Min läsebok"
• 1997 – Per Nilsson for "Anarkai"
• 1998 – Moni Nilsson-Brännström for "Bara Tsatsiki"
• 1999 – Annika Thor for "Havets djup"
• 2000 – Stefan Casta for "Spelar Död!"
• 2001 – Janne Lundström for "Morbror Kwesis vålnad"
• 2002 – Wilhelm Agrell for "Dödsbudet"
• 2003 – Åsa Lind for "Sandvargen"
• 2004 – Douglas Foley for "shoo bre"
• 2005 – Petter Lidbeck for "En dag i prinsessan Victorias liv "
• 2006 – Kajsa Isakson for "Min Ella"
• 2007 – Cannie Möller for her total output of works
• 2008 – Mikael Engström for "Isdraken"
• 2009 – Maud Mangold for "Pärlor till pappa"
• 2010 – Cilla Naumann for "Kulor i hjärtat"
• 2011 – Mårten Melin for Som trolleri
• 2012 – Anna Ehring for Klickflippar och farligheten and Den stora kärleksfebern
• 2013 – Lisa Bjärbo for Allt jag säger är sant
• 2014 – Anna Höglund for Om detta talar man endast med kaniner
• 2015 – Camilla Lagerqvist for Uppdraget
• 2016 – Frida Nilsson for Ishavspirater
• 2017 – Elisabeth Östnäs for Sagan om Turid
• 2018 – Lisa Lundmark for Haj-Jenny
• 2019 – Helena Hedlund for Det fina med Kerstin
• 2020 – Johan Ehn for Hästpojkarna
• 2021 – Jakob Wegelius for The Sally Jones trilogy
• 2022 – Annelie Drewsen for Prinsen av Porte de la Chapelle
• 2023 – Melody Farshin for 100k
• 2024 – Elin Lindell for Världens sämsta syster