Sherlock Prize
The Sherlock Prize (Original: Sherlock-priset) was a popular Swedish award for crime literature . The prize was awarded by the Stockholm tabloid Expressen, founded in 1944, between 1955 and 1986 for the best detective novel published in the year. The award was named after Sherlock Holmes , the literary protagonist of the British doctor and author Arthur Conan Doyle . In the mid-1980s, the Expressen culture department ended the award because of their readership's alleged disinterest in crime literature.
Award winners
(Publisher and year information refer to the original or German first editions)
| year | Award winners | Title of the novel Original title, publisher, place, year |
German title publisher, place, year |
| 1955 | H.-K. Rönblom | Höstvind och djupa vatten Norstedt, Stockholm 1955 |
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| 1956 | Rose Trenter | Narr på nocken Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1956 |
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| 1957 | Arne Stigson | Den resandes ensak Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1957 |
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| 1958 | Folke Mellvig | Farligt för familjen Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1958 |
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| 1959 | Kjerstin Göransson-Ljungman | Murder on auction Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1959 |
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| 1960 | Vic Suneson | Fredag den 14: e Gebers, Stockholm 1960 |
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| 1961 | Kerstin Ekman | De tre små mästarna Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1961 |
The three little masters Goldmann, Munich 1962 |
| 1962 | H.-K. Rönblom | Bok över obefintliga Norstedt, Stockholm 1962 |
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| 1963 | Jan Ekström | Träfracken Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1963 |
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| 1964 | Elvy Ahlbeck | Mord utan förbindelse Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1964 |
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| 1965 | Prize not awarded | ||
| 1966 | Days Giron | Poison in i döden Norstedt, Stockholm 1966 |
The white dress of death Knaur, Munich 2005 |
| 1967 | Vic Suneson | Vem av de sju Geber, Stockholm 1967 |
Which of the seven? People and World, Berlin 1971 |
| 1968 | Maj Sjöwall / Per Wahlöö | Den skrattande polisen Norstedt, Stockholm 1968 |
End of the line for nine Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971 |
| 1969 | Jenny Berthelius | Den heta sommaren Rabén & Sjögren, Stockholm 1969 |
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| 1970 | Tord Hubert | Ett mord på vägen Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1970 |
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| 1971 | Olle Högstrand | Maskerat bread Norstedt, Stockholm 1971 |
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| 1972 | Olov Svedelid | Note for Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1972 |
Reported missing from Volk und Welt, Berlin 1976 |
| 1973 | Sten Wilding | Vita frun Zindermans, Gothenburg 1973 |
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| 1974 | K. Arne Blom | Sanningen's ögonblick AWE / Gebers, Stockholm 1974 |
The moment of truth Edition Sven Erik Bergh, Zug / Switzerland 1976 |
| 1975 | Olle Högstrand | Från säker källa Forum, Stockholm 1975 |
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| 1976 | Tord Hubert | Den andres död Albert Bonnier, Stockholm 1976 |
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| 1977 | Bertil Mårtensson | Växande hot Bokád, Stockholm 1977 |
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| 1978 | Elisabet Kågerman | Rabies ... Zinderman, Gothenburg 1978 |
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| 1979 | Gösta Unefäldt and Valter Unefäldt | Polisen som vägrade svara Stegeland, Gothenburg 1979 |
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| 1980 | Lars Molin | Bombs Alba, Stockholm 1980 |
The bomb Rowohlt, Reinbek 1982 |
| 1981 | Jan Moen | Någon måste dö Plus, Stockholm 1981 |
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| 1982 | Kjell-Olof Bornemark | Legat till en trolös Norstedt, Stockholm 1982 |
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| 1983 | Ulf Durling | Lugnet efter stormen AWE / Gebers, Stockholm 1983 |
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| 1984 | Prize not awarded | ||
| 1985 | Staffan Westerlund | Sång for Jenny Carlsson, Stockholm 1985 |
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| 1986 | Carl-Henning Wijkmark | Sista dagar Norstedt, Stockholm 1986 |
Last days Gemini, Berlin 2002 |
Remarks
- ↑ Product hellre de vals of Av Per Svensson in Expressen on 28 January 2007 (Swedish, accessed November 9, 2012).
- ↑ The English-language edition The Laughing Policeman was honored in 1971 by the American Mystery Writers of America with the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category "Best Novel"