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The Nils Holgersson Plaque is a Swedish literary prize that has been awarded annually to Swedish authors of books for children and young people by the Swedish Library Association since 1950 . The award is named after the title character of Selma Lagerlöf's most famous novel , Little Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey with the wild geese , and is endowed with 10,000 crowns .
Award winners
- 1950 - Astrid Lindgren
- 1951 - Lennart Hellsing
- 1952 - Sten Bergman
- 1953 - Tove Jansson
- 1955 - Harry Kullman
- 1956 - Olle Mattson
- 1957 - Edith Unnerstad
- 1958 - Hans Peterson
- 1959 - Anna Lisa Wärnlöf
- 1960 - Kai Söderhjelm
- 1961 - Åke Holmberg
- 1962 - Britt G Hallqvist
- 1963 - Maria Gripe
- 1964 - Karin Anckarsvärd
- 1965 - Gunnel Linde
- 1967 - Inger Högelin-Brattström
- 1968 - Max Lundgren
- 1969 - Bo Carpelan
- 1970 - Stig Ericson
- 1971 - Hans-Eric Hellberg
- 1972 - Irmelin Sandman Lilius
- 1973 - Inger Sandberg
- 1974 - Sven Wernström
- 1975 - Gunnel Beckman
- 1976 - Maud Reuterswärd
- 1977 - Barbro Lindgren
- 1978 - Siv Widerberg
- 1979 - Bengt Martin
- 1980 - Rose Lagercrantz
- 1981 - Helmer Linderholm
- 1982 - Kerstin Johansson i Backe
- 1983 - Hans Erik Engqvist
- 1984 - Ulf Nilsson
- 1985 - Mats Larsson
- 1986 - Peter Pohl
- 1987 - Monica Zak
- 1988 - Ulf Stark
- 1989 - Mat's choice
- 1990 - Annika Holm
- 1991 - Henning Mankell
- 1992 - Viveca Sundvall
- 1993 - Sonja Hulth
- 1994 - Thomas Tidholm
- 1995 - Inger Edelfelt
- 1996 - Helena Dahlbäck
- 1997 - Per Nilsson
- 1998 - Moni Nilsson-Brännström
- 1999 - Annika Thor
- 2000 - Stefan Casta
- 2001 - Janne Lundström
- 2002 - Wilhelm Agrell
- 2003 - Åsa Lind
- 2004 - Douglas Foley
- 2005 - Petter Lidbeck
- 2006 - Kajsa Isakson
- 2007 - Cannie Möller
- 2008 - Mikael Engström
- 2009 - Maud Mangold
- 2010 - Cilla Naumann
- 2011 - Martin Melin
- 2012 - Anna Ehring
- 2013 - Lisa Bjärbo
- 2014 - Anna Höglund
- 2015 - Camilla Lagerqvist
- 2016 - Frida Nilsson
- 2017 - Elisabeth Östnäs
- 2018 - Lisa Lundmark
Web links
- All award winners (Swedish)