The West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award 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, Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark). These countries nominate one literary work each. The winner gets a reward of DKK 60 000 and their 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.
Winners
- 2020 - Langelstur að eilÃÂfu by Bergrún ÃÂris 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 (KirkegÃÂ¥rden), by Gerður Kristný
- 2008 - Draugaslóð (Ghost Track / Danish title: Spøgelsesspor), by KristÃÂn 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 àvesturbænum (An Angel in the Neighbourhood / En engel i nabolaget), af KristÃÂn Steinsdóttir by Halla Sólveig ÃÂorgeirsdóttir
- 2002 - Sagan af bláa hnettinum (Historien om den blÃÂ¥ planet), by Andri Snær Magnason
Nominees
2020
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2018
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2016
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2014
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2012
From Iceland
From Greenland
- Kaassalimik oqaluttuaq (The Story of Kaassali / Danish title: Fortælling om Kaassali), by Lars-Pele Berthelsen
From the Faroe Islands
2010
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2008
From Iceland
From Greenland
From the Faroe Islands
2006
From Iceland
From Greenland
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
From the Faroe Islands
2002
From Greenland
From Iceland
From the Faroe Islands
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