West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award, which was established in 2002 by the West Nordic Council. The prize is awarded every second year at the annual meeting of the West Nordic Council, normally in August. The three countries of the North West region of Northern Europe are

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

and the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

(Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous constituent countries of the

Kingdom of Denmark The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united by the Constitution of Denmark, Constitutional Act, which applies to the entire territor ...

). These countries nominate one literary work each. The winner gets a reward of DKK 60 000 and his or her book is translated into the other two languages of the region and into one of the Scandinavian languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish, without any expenses for the winner.

The winners

* 2020 - ''Langelstur að eilífu'' by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir * 2018 - ''Træið'' by Bárður Oskarsson * 2016 - ''Hon, sum róði eftir ælaboganum'', by Rakel Helmsdal * 2014 - ''Tidsskisten'' by Andri Snær Magnason * 2012 - ''Kaassalimik oqaluttuaq'' (The Story of Kaassali), by Lars-Pele Berthelsen * 2010 - ''Garðurinn'' (Kirkegården), by Gerður Kristný * 2008 - ''Draugaslóð'' (Ghost Track / Danish title: Spøgelsesspor), by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir * 2006 - ''Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús'' (A Dog, A Cat and a Mouse / Danish title: En hund, en kat og en mus), by Bárður Oskarsson * 2004 - ''Engill í vesturbænum'' (An Angel in the Neighbourhood / En engel i nabolaget), af Kristín Steinsdóttir by Halla Sólveig Þorgeirsdóttir * 2002 - ''Sagan af bláa hnettinum'' (Historien om den blå planet), by Andri Snær Magnason

The Nominees

2020

From Iceland

* ''Langelstur að eilífu'' by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir

From Greenland

* ''Orpilissat nunarsuarmi kusanarnersaat'' by Juaaka Lyberth

From the Faroe Islands

* ''Loftar tú mær?'' by Rakel Helmsdal

2018

From Iceland

* ''Úlfur og Edda'' by Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir

From Greenland

* ''Kammagiitta! Vil du være min ven?'' by Maja-Lisa Kehlet

From the Faroe Islands

* ''Træið'' by Bárður Oskarsson

2016

2006

From Iceland

* ''Frosnu tærnar'' (Frozen Toes / De frosne tæer), by Sigrún Eldjárn

From Greenland

* ''Nissimaat nissimaajaqqallu'' (Santa Claus / Danish title: Nissemænd og små nisser), by Grethe Guldager illustrated by Nuka Godfredsen

From the Faroe Islands

* ''Ein hundur, ein ketta og ein mús'' (A dog, a cat and a Mouse / Danish title: En hund, en kat og en mus), by Bárður Oskarsson

2004

From Greenland

* Inuk sodavandillu akuukkat (Inuk - The poisoned soft drink / Danish title: Inuk - og forgiftede sodavand), by Jokum Nielsen

From Iceland

* ''Engill í vesturbænum'', by Kristín Steinsdóttir illustrated by Halla Sólveig Þorgeirsdóttir

From the Faroe Islands

* ''Loppugras'' (poems) by Sólrun Michelsen illustrated by Hanni Bjartalíð. Includes a musical-CD, with songs sung by a school class, songs from the book.

2002

From Greenland

* ''Sialuarannguaq'', by Jørgen Petersen

From Iceland

* ''Sagan af bláa hnettinum'', by Andri Snær Magnason

From the Faroe Islands

* ''Kuffa'' by Brynhild Andreasen (text) and Astrid MacDonald (drawings)

References

External links

Vestnordisk.is (About the prize)
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