Meet the nominees for the 2023 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize

The nominees span the entire Nordic Region with works from all countries and language areas. The works examine new family structures, inspire readers to see the world with new eyes, and illustrate the friendship of children despite language barriers and differences in behaviour patterns.

Here are the books that could win the 2023 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize:

The works have been nominated by the national members of the adjudication committee for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. 

The winner of the 2023 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony on 31 October in Oslo in conjunction with the Session of the Nordic Council. The winner will receive the Nordlys statuette and DKK 300,000.  

The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize was first awarded in 2013, and will therefore be celebrating ten years in 2023. The prize is the result of the long-standing efforts of the Nordic ministers for culture to strengthen and elevate children’s and young people’s literature in the Nordic Region. 
 

The prize goes to a literary work for children and young people written in one of the Nordic languages. The work can combine text and images, and must meet high literary and artistic standards.