Nominees 1968

Denmark

• Jersild, Jørgen – Fantasia sopra un mottofe...
• Nørholm, Ib – Invitation til skafottet (Invitation to a Beheading), TV opera

Finland

• Kokkonen, Joonas – Symphony no. 3 – (WINNER)
• Johansson, Bengt – Requiem

Iceland

• Jón Nordal – Adagio for flute, harp and string orchestra
• þorkell Sigurbjörnsson – Kandens och dans

Norway

• Egge, Klaus – Concert for cello and orchestra
• Nystedt, Knut – De Profundis

Sweden

• Lidholm, Ingvar – Holländarn
• Pettersson, Allan – Symphony no. 5