Riksmål Society Literature Prize

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The Riksmål Society Literature Prize (Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris) is awarded annually by the Riksmålsforbundet for the outstanding publication in riksmål. The prize was awarded until 2002 by the Oslo and Bærum Riksmål League, when it was taken over by the Riksmålsforbundet.

Prize winners

1957 – Terje Stigen

1958 – Harald Grieg

1959 – Emil Boyson

1960 – Odd Eidem

1961 – Gunnar Bull Gundersen

1962 – Solveig Christov

1963 – André Bjerke

1964 – Odd Hølaas

1965 – Rolf Jacobsen

1966 – Karin Bang

1967 – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn

1968 – Ebba Haslund

1969 – Olav Nordrå

1970 – Finn Carling

1971 – Per Arneberg

1972 – Bjørg Vik

1973 – Aasmund Brynildsen

1974 – Jens Bjørneboe

1975 – Stein Mehren

1976 – Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen

1977 – Peter R. Holm

1978 – Knut Faldbakken

1979 – Åge Rønning

1980 – Henrik Groth

1981 – Jan Bull

1982 – Sissel Lange-Nielsen

1983 – Odd Abrahamsen

1984 – Ernst Orvil

1985 – Harald Sverdrup

1986 – Carl Fredrik Engelstad

1987 – Kjell Askildsen

1988 – Richard Herrmann

1989 – Gunvor Hofmo

1990 – Erik Fosnes Hansen

1991 – Kaj Skagen

1992 – Paal Brekke

1993 – Tove Nilsen

1994 – Tor Åge Bringsværd

1995 – Fredrik Wandrup

1996 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff

1997 – Lars Saabye Christensen

1998 – Ketil Bjørnstad

1999 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen

2000 – Toril Brekke

2001 – Britt Karin Larsen

2002 – Olav Angell

2003 – Roy Jacobsen

2004 – Anne B. Ragde

2005 – Erland Kiøsterud, for Det første arbeidet (The First Work)

2006 – Egil Børre Johnsen, for Unorsk og norsk. Knud Knudsen: En beretning om bokmålets far

2007 – Jan Christopher Næss, for Det begynner med sex og ender med døden (It Starts With Sex and Ends With Death)

2008 – Dag Olav Hessen, for Natur? Hva skal vi med den? (Nature? What Shall We Do With It?)

References

Riksmål Society Literature Prize Wikipedia

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