The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.
The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980.
Prize winners
- 1948 – Sigurd Hoel
- 1961 – Kristian Kristiansen
- 1962 – Vera Henriksen
- 1963 – Terje Stigen
- 1964 – Elisabeth Dored
- 1965 – Johan Borgen
- 1966 – Ebba Haslund
- 1967 – Kristian Kristiansen and Tarjei Vesaas
- 1968 – Odd Eidem and Hans Heiberg
- 1969 – Finn Alnæs and Richard Herrmann
- 1981 – Leif B. Lillegaard
- 1982 – Anne Karin Elstad
- 1983 – Herbjørg Wassmo
- 1984 – Torill Thorstad Hauger
- 1985 – Jo Benkow
- 1986 – Anne-Cath. Vestly
- 1987 – Fredrik Skagen
- 1988 – Bjørg Vik
- 1989 – Gunnar Staalesen
- 1990 – Lars Saabye Christensen
- 1991 – Roy Jacobsen
- 1992 – Karsten Alnæs
- 1993 – Jostein Gaarder
- 1994 – Klaus Hagerup
- 1995 – Anne Holt
- 1996 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen
- 1997 – Karin Fossum
- 1998 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
- 1999 – Erlend Loe
- 2000 – Jo Nesbø
- 2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen
- 2002 – Åsne Seierstad
- 2003 – Per Petterson
- 2004 – Levi Henriksen
- 2005 – Anne B. Ragde
- 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
- 2007 – Jo Nesbø
- 2008 – Tore Renberg
- 2009 – Roy Jacobsen
- 2010 – Jan-Erik Fjell
- 2011 – Jørn Lier Horst
- 2012 – Per Petterson
- 2013 – Cecilie Enger
- 2014 – Lars Mytting
- 2015 – Maja Lunde
- 2016 – Vigdis Hjorth
- 2017 – Helga Flatland
- 2018 – Simon Stranger
- 2019 – Lisa Aisato
- 2020 – Tore Renberg
- 2021 – Abid Raja
- 2022 – Zeshan Shakar
- 2023 – Oliver Lovrenski
- 2024 – Erika Fatland
References
- "Bokhandlerprisen". barum.folkebibl. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- Summary of various prizes including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (in Norwegian)
- Norwegian Booksellers' Prize Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Nedrebø, Ingrid (2023-11-14). "Oliver Lovrenski (19) får Bokhandlerprisen som tidenes yngste". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2023-11-14.