Nordic Council's Literature Prize
The Literature Prize of the Nordic Council ( Nordiska schwed. rådets litteraturpris, Eng. Nordic Council Literature Prize ) was established in 1961 by the governments of the Nordic countries. Since 1962 he is awarded the Nordic Council annually.
The jury two representatives each of the countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In addition to fiction from these languages also works in Faroese, Greenlandic, and Sami can be nominated. The Literature Prize of the Nordic Council is now endowed with 350,000 DKK (about € 47,000 ) and is awarded annually together with the film, music and nature and environmental price in the fall at a meeting of the Nordic Council. He is the most important award for Scandinavian literature.