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About the Nordic Council prizes

The Nordic Council awards five prizes every year: the Literature Prize, the Film Prize, the Music Prize, the Nature and Environment Prize and, as of 2013, the Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.

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The Nordic Council prizes contribute to increasing visibility for the close Nordic cultural co-operation. The objective of the cultural prizes is to increase interest in Nordic literature, language, film and music. The Nature and Environment Prize rewards extraordinary efforts for a more sustainable Nordic Region.

The Nordic Council prizes are considered to be amongst the prestigious prizes in the Nordic Region and enjoy great international recognition. The Literature Prize is the oldest of the five prizes. It was awarded for the first time in 1962 and was later followed by the Music Prize (1965), the Nature and Environment Prize (1995), the Film Prize (2002) and the Children and Young People’s Literature Prize (2013).

The prizes are each worth DKK 350,000 and are awarded in conjunction with the Nordic Council's annual Session.

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Nordic Council's prizes

Nordic Council's prizes

The Nordic Council's literature prize, children and young people's literature prize, music prize, film prize, and nature and environment prize.
The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Nordic Council Film Prize
Nordic Council Music Prize

Nordic Council Music Prize

The Nordic Council Music Prize focuses on the performance and creation of music of a high artistic standard. The prize is awarded on alternate years to a piece of music by a living composer and to a small or large ensemble
Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize

Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
The Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize

The Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize
Nordic Council Literature Prize

Nordic Council Literature Prize

The prize has been awarded since 1962 for a work of imaginative literature written in one of the Nordic languages. This can be a novel, a play, a collection of poetry, short stories or essays that meets high literary and artistic standards. The intention of the prize is also to increase interest in the literature of neighbouring countries as well in Nordic cultural fellowship.

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