The winner of this prestigious Nordic prize will be made public at a press conference immediately after the Adjudication Committee's meeting in Helsinki.

When: 30 March 2010 11.45 (10.45 Scandinavian time)

Place: Riksdagen, the Finnish Parliament, in Helsinki, Mannerheimvägen 30, Kabinett A 1

The winner will be announced simultaneously on the Nordic Council website www.norden.org.

The nominations are:

From Denmark:
Peter Laugesen, Fotorama
Ida Jessen, Børnene

From Finland:
Sofi Oksanen, Puhdistus
Monika Fagerholm, Glitterscenen

From Iceland:
Einar Kárason, Ofsi
Steinar Bragi, Konur

From Norway:
Karl Ove Knausgård, Min kamp1
Tomas Espedal, Imot kunsten

From Sweden:
Steve Sem-Sandberg, De fattiga i Łódź
Ann Jäderlund, Vad hjälper det en människa om hon häller rent vatten över sig i alla sina dagar

From the Faroe Islands
Gunnar Hoydal, Í havsins hjarta

No nominations were submitted from the Greenland or the Sami Language Area this year.

The prize, worth DKK 350,000, will be awarded during the Nordic Council's Session in Reykjavik at the beginning of November 2010.

Eva Smekal
Phone +46 8 786 5049
Email eva.smekal@riksdagen.se

Jesper F. Schou-Knudsen
Phone +45 33 96 03 55
Email jsk@norden.org