Nils Holgersson Plaque facts for kids

The Nils Holgersson Plaque is a special award given by the Swedish Library Association. It's like a big prize for authors who write the best books for kids and young people in the Swedish language. This award is given out every year.

It was first created in 1950. The award gets its name from a famous book called The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. This amazing story was written by Selma Lagerlöf, a very well-known Swedish author.

Who Has Won the Award?

Many talented writers have received the Nils Holgersson Plaque over the years. Here is a list of some of the authors and their books that have won this important award:

• 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 additional plaque for 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 work)
• 1971 – Hans-Eric Hellberg (for his total work)
• 1972 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius for the Trilogy "Fru Sola"
• 1973 – Inger Sandberg (for her total work for young children)
• 1974 – Sven Wernström for "Trälarna"
• 1975 – Gunnel Beckman (for her total work)
• 1976 – Maud Reuterswärd (for her total work)
• 1977 – Barbro Lindgren for "Lilla Sparvel"
• 1978 – Siv Widerberg (for her total work)
• 1979 – Bengt Martin for "Bengt och kärleken"
• 1980 – Rose Lagercrantz (for her total work)
• 1981 – Helmer Linderholm for "Amisko-serien"
• 1982 – Kerstin Johansson for "Moa och Pelle"
• 1983 – Hans Erik Engqvist (for his total work)
• 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 work)
• 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 (Sagan om Turid)
• 2018 – Lisa Lundmark (Haj-Jenny)
• 2019 – Helena Hedlund (Det fina med Kerstin)
• 2020 – Johan Ehn (Hästpojkarna)