Riverton Prize

Sven Elvestad (1884–1934),
wrote under the pseudonym Stein Riverton

The Riverton Prize (Norwegian: Rivertonprisen ) is a nationally renowned Norwegian literary prize .

It has been awarded annually since 1972 for the best criminal literary work (novel, novella, drama, original manuscript for feature film, television film, radio play, etc.) by an association called Rivertonklubben in cooperation with booksellers and publishers' associations. In addition to the Rivertonprisen , the association awards two further awards at irregular intervals for special national and international services to criminal literary works.

Members of the association are writers, journalists, publishers, literary researchers and other persons who are professionally involved in criminal literary work. The society's president was the Norwegian crime writer Tom Egeland , who was awarded the prize in 2009.

Except in 1978, 1986 and 2004, only detective writers received the “trophy”: the Gyldne revolver , a gold-plated Belgian army revolver from the Nagant brand . With the international success of some crime writers in the last fifteen years - especially from Norway and Sweden - the local interest in Nordic crime literature is growing, and with it the willingness in Germany to translate and publish novels from the Scandinavian countries, such as those from the list the winner becomes apparent.

Namesake

The namesake for the Riverton Prize is the Norwegian Sven Elvestad (1884–1934), who among other things chose the pseudonym Stein Riverton as the author of detective novels . Sven Elvestad is considered to be the founder of the Norwegian crime novel.

Categories

category	Original Norwegian title	Awarded since
Best criminal literary work	Prisvinnere Rivertonprisen	1972
Honorary Award of the Rivertonklubben (National)	Rivertonklubbens ærespris	1973
International honorary award of the Rivertonklubben	Rivertonklubbens internasjonale ærespris	1991

Award winners

Jon Michelet († 1944–2018), President of the Society from 2003 to 2009 and two-time award winner (1981 and 2001)

Frode Grytten, 2005 awardee

Best criminal literary work - Rivertonprisen

(1977 and 1984 no awards ceremony)

year	Award winners	Original title publisher, location year	German title publisher, location year
1972	Sigrun Krokvik	Bortreist på ubestemt tid Gyldendal, Bergen 1972
1973	David Torjussen ( Tor Edvin Dahl )	Etterforskning pågår Gyldendal, Oslo 1973
1974	Anchor Rogstad	Lansen Gyldendal, Oslo 1974
1975	Gunnar Staalesen	Rygg i rand, to i span Gyldendal, Oslo 1975
1976	Pio Larsen	Den hvite kineser Gyldendal, Oslo 1976
1978	Jon Bing Tor Åge Bringsværd	Blindpassasjer (TV series)
1979	Helge Riisøen	Operasjon Gyldendal, Oslo 1979
1980	Fredrik Skagen	Kortslutning Cappelen, Oslo 1980
1981	Jon Michelet	Hvit som snø Gyldendal, Oslo 1980	White as snow Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986
1982	Torolf Elster	Thomas Pihls annen lov Aschehoug , Oslo 1982
1983	Kim Småge	Nattdykk Aschehoug, Oslo 1983	Night diving argument, Hamburg 1994
1985	Michael Grundt Spang	Spies som lengtet hjem Cappelen, Oslo 1982
1986	Edith Ranum	Ringer i mørkt vann (radio play series)
1987	Lars Saabye Christensen	Sneglene Cappelen, Oslo 1987
1988	Alf R. Jacobsen	Kharg Aschehoug, Oslo 1988
1989	Idar Lind	13 takters blues Aschehoug, Oslo 1989
1990	Ingvar Ambjørnsen	Den mekaniske kvinnen Cappelen, Oslo 1990	The mechanical woman Schulenburg, Hamburg 1990
1991	Audun Sjøstrand	Valsekongens fall Samlaget, Oslo 1991
1992	Arild Rypdal	Oracle Aschehoug, Oslo 1992
1993	Morten Harry Olsen	Begjærets pris October, Oslo 1993
1994	Anne Holt	Salig er de som tørster Cappelen, Oslo 1994	Blessed are the thirsty Rasch & Röhring, Hamburg 1996
1995	Kolbjørn Hauge	Død mann i boks Aschehoug, Oslo 1995
1996	Karin Fossum	Se deg ikke tilbake! Cappelen, Oslo 1996	Stranger Views Piper, Munich 2000
1997	Jo Nesbø	Flaggermusmannen Aschehoug, Oslo 1997	The bat man Ullstein, Berlin 1999
1998	Jan Mehlum	Kalde hender Gyldendal, Oslo 1998	Are so cold hands Ullstein, Berlin 2000
1999	Unni Lindell	Drømmefangeren Aschehoug, Oslo 1999	Watch what you dream Ullstein, Berlin 2000
2000	Kjell Ola Dahl	En liten gyllen ring Gyldendal, Oslo 2000	Midsummer Night's Death Ehrenwirth, Munich 2002
2001	Jon Michelet	Den frosne kvinnen October, Oslo 2001
2002	Gunnar Staalesen	Som i et speil Gyldendal, Oslo 2002	As in a mirror S. Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 2004
2003	Kurt Aust	Hjemsøkt Aschehoug, Oslo 2003
2004	Ulf Breistrand Jarl Emsell Larsen	Svarte penger, hvite løgner (TV series)
2005	Frode Grytten	Flytande Bjørn Samlaget, Oslo 2005	The skuas do the rest Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2006
2006	Tom Kristensen	Dødsriket Aschehoug, Oslo 2006
2007	Jørgen Gunnerud	Høstjakt Kolon Forlag, Oslo 2007	Hatz Rotbuch, Berlin 2009
2008	Vidar Sundstøl	Drømmenes land Tiden, Oslo 2008	Traumland Hofmann & Campe, Hamburg 2011
2009	Tom Egeland	Lucifer's Gospel Aschehoug, Oslo 2009	The Lucifer Gospel Goldmann, Munich 2011
2010	Chris Tvedt	Dødens sirkel Cappelen, Oslo 2010	Niedertracht Droemer Knaur, Munich 2011
2011	Torkil Damhaug	Ildmannen Cappelen Damm, Oslo 2011	Feuermann Knaur, Munich 2014
2012	Jørn Lier Horst	Jakthundene Gyldendal, Oslo 2012	Hunting dogs graphite, Dortmund 2013
2013	Gard Sveen	Den siste pilegrimen Vigmostad & Bjørke, Bergen 2013	The last pilgrim list, Berlin 2016
2014	Karin Fossum	Helvetesilden Cappelen Damm, Oslo 2014	Höllenrose Piper, Munich 2017
2015	Kjell Ola Dahl	Kureren Gyldendal, Oslo 2015	The woman from Oslo Bastei Lübbe, Cologne 2019
2016	Torkil Damhaug	En femte årstid Cappelen dam, Oslo 2016
2017	Aslak Nore	Ulvefellen Aschehoug, Oslo 2017
2018	Unni Lindell	Dronen Aschehoug, Oslo 2018

Honorary award of the Rivertonklubben (National) - Rivertonklubbens ærespris

Jo Nesbø, 2016 honorary laureate

(Award for special merits of national creators in criminal literary works, awarded irregularly since 1973)

year	Prize winner	job
1973	André Bjerke	writer
1976	Bjorn Carling	Writer and translator
1978	Gerd Nyquist	Writer and journalist
1990	Days la cour	writer
1992	Nils Nordberg	Dramaturge, radio play author
1997	Willy Dahl	Professor of Art and Literature
	Sigurd B. Hennum	journalist
	Torolf Elster	Journalist and writer
2012	Varg Veum	Novel protagonist by Gunnar Staalesen
2016	Jo Nesbø	writer
2018	Gate Edvin Dahl	Writer and journalist
2019	Hans H. Skei	Professor of Literary Studies

International honorary award of the Rivertonklubben - Rivertonklubbens internasjonale ærespris

Henning Mankell, award winner 2012

(Award for special merits of international creators
in criminal literary works, irregular award since 1991)

year	Prize winner	nationality
1991	Ruth Rendell	England
1993	PD James	England
1997	Ed McBain	United States
2006	Maj Sjöwall	Sweden
2012	Henning Mankell	Sweden

See also

• List of crime writers

Web links

• Rivertonklubben website (Norwegian)
• About the namesake Sven Elvestad at schwedenkrimi.de

Remarks

1. ↑ The year refers to the year the book was published.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Börsenblatt for the German book trade . Vol. 156, Leipzig 1989, p. 486
2. ↑ "Krimdebutant får Rivertonprisen 2013" - On the award of the Riverton Prize to Gard Sveen , Dagens Nyheter on April 3, 2014 (Swedish, accessed October 25, 2014)
3. ↑ Rivertonprisen 2015 til Kjell Ola Dahl , Norwegian, accessed on October 30, 2016
4. ↑ Torkil Damhaugs takketale , Norwegian, accessed on May 28, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Store norske leksikon , Norwegian, accessed on August 21, 2019
6. ↑ Rivertonklubbens ærespris til Jo Nesbø , Norwegian, accessed October 30, 2016
7. ↑ Tom Egeland: Æresprisen til Tor Edvin Dahl. Rivertonklubben, March 8, 2018, accessed August 21, 2019 (Norwegian). 
8. ↑ Tom Egeland: Æresprisen til Tor Hans H. Skei. Rivertonklubben, March 23, 2019, accessed August 21, 2019 (Norwegian).