Best Swedish Crime Novel Award
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The Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (Bästa svenska kriminalroman) is a literary prize awarded annually since 1982 by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
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The winners of the award are:
Swedish Crime Writers' Academy
The Swedish Crime Writers' Academy , is a Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote the writing of detective fiction and crime fiction...
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The winners of the award are:
- 1982 - Leif GW Persson for Samhällsbärarna
- 1983 - Ulf Durling for Lugnet efter stormen
- 1984 - Staffan Westerlund for Svärtornas år
- 1985 - Jean Bolinder for För älskarns och mördarns skull
- 1986 - Staffan Westerlund for Större än sanningen
- 1987 - Olov Svedelid for Barnarov
- 1988 - Jan GuillouJan GuillouJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
for I nationens intresse - 1989 - Kjell-Olof Bornemark for Skyldig utan skuld
- 1990 - Jean Bolinder for Dödisgropen
- 1991 - Henning MankellHenning MankellHenning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
for Mördare utan ansikte (translated as Faceless KillersFaceless KillersFaceless Killers is a crime novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, and the first in his acclaimed Wallander series. The English translation by Steven T...
) - 1992 - Gösta Unefäldt for Polisen och mordet i stadshuset
- 1993 - Kerstin EkmanKerstin EkmanKerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes...
for Händelser vid vatten (translated as Blackwater) - 1994 - Håkan NesserHåkan NesserHåkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000...
for Borkmanns punkt (translated as Borkmann's PointBorkmann's PointBorkmann's Point is a prize-winning crime novel by Swedish writer Håkan Nesser, first published in Sweden in 1994 and translated into English by Laurie Thompson in 2006.-Plot:...
) - 1995 - Henning MankellHenning MankellHenning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
for Villospår (translated as Sidetracked) - 1996 - Håkan NesserHåkan NesserHåkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000...
for Kvinna med födelsemärke (translated as Woman with BirthmarkWoman with BirthmarkWoman with Birthmark is a 1996 novel by Håkan Nesser, which won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in the same year. The English translation will be published in 2009....
) - 1997 - Åke EdwardsonÅke EdwardsonÅke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set...
for Dans med en ängel (translated as Death Angels) - 1998 - Inger FrimanssonInger FrimanssonInger Frimansson is a popular Swedish novelist and crime writer. Having previously worked for 30 years as a journalist, her first novel The Double Bed was published in 1984. Since then she has written around twenty-five books including poetry, short stories, and books for children...
for God natt min älskade (translated as Good Night, My Darling) - 1999 - Sven Westerberg for Guds fruktansvärda frånvaro
- 2000 - Aino Trosell for Om hjärtat ännu slår
- 2001 - Åke EdwardsonÅke EdwardsonÅke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set...
for Himlen är en plats på jorden (translated as Frozen TracksFrozen TracksFrozen Tracks is a 2001 novel by Swedish crime-writer Ake Edwardson, part of his Inspector Erik Winter series. The novel was the third of his books to win the Swedish Crime Academy Prize for Best Crime Novel of the Year, and the first of those books to be translated into English, by Laurie...
) - 2002 - Kjell ErikssonKjell ErikssonKarl Stig Kjell Eriksson is a Swedish crime-writer, author of the novels The Princess of Burundi and The Cruel Stars of the Night, the former of which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2002...
for Prinsessan av Burundi (translated as The Princess of Burundi) - 2003 - Leif GW Persson for En annan tid, ett annat liv
- 2004 - Åsa LarssonÅsa LarssonÅsa Larsson is a Swedish crime-writer. Although born in Uppsala, she was raised in Kiruna in the far north. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer, a profession she shares with the heroine of her novels, Rebecka Martinsson...
for Det blod som spillts (translated as The Blood SpiltThe Blood SpiltThe Blood Spilt is a crime novel by Swedish writer Åsa Larsson, second in the Rebecka Martinsson series. It was published in the USA in January 2007, and will be published in the UK in 2008....
) - 2005 - Inger FrimanssonInger FrimanssonInger Frimansson is a popular Swedish novelist and crime writer. Having previously worked for 30 years as a journalist, her first novel The Double Bed was published in 1984. Since then she has written around twenty-five books including poetry, short stories, and books for children...
for Skuggan i vattnet (translated as The Shadow in the Water) - 2006 - Stieg LarssonStieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland Larsson , who wrote professionally as Stieg Larsson, was a Swedish journalist and writer, born in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå. He is best known for writing the "Millennium series" of crime novels, which were published posthumously...
for Flickan som lekte med elden (translated as The Girl Who Played with FireThe Girl Who Played with FireThe Girl Who Played with Fire is the second novel in the best-selling "Millennium series" by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009....
) - 2007 - Håkan NesserHåkan NesserHåkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful novels, mostly crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000...
for En helt annan historia - 2008 - Johan TheorinJohan TheorinJohan Theorin is a journalist and author, born in 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Throughout his life, Johan Theorin has been a regular visitor to the island of Öland in the Baltic sea...
for Nattfåk (translated as The Darkest Room) - 2009 - Anders Roslund & Börge HellströmRoslund/HellströmRoslund / Hellström is a Swedish crime writing duo composed of journalist Anders Roslund, born 1961, and Börge Hellström, born 1957, a famous debater on the Swedish correctional system. For the past ten years, Roslund has worked as a news reporter, culture journalist and news chief for Rapport News...
for Tre sekunder (translated as Three SecondsThree SecondsThree Seconds is a dark, award-winning thriller by the Swedish crime-writing team of Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström. First published in Sweden in , it was translated into English in 2010...
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- 2010 - Leif GW Persson for Den döende detektiven