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The Swedish Academy Awards Danish Poet

The Swedish Academy's Nordic prize for 2025 is awarded to the Danish poet and essayist Søren Ulrik Thomsen. With a prize amount of 400,000 kronor, it is the Academy's second-largest prize, after the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Swedish Academy Awards Danish Poet

The Johnny Bode Prize to the "Queen of Trash"

Bella Nilsson, also called "Queen of trash", receives the 2025 Johnny Bode Award, which is annually awarded to a public figure who has made a mess and caused trouble for themselves and their surroundings. .

The Johnny Bode Prize to the "Queen of Trash"

Peter Englund receives the Delblanc Prize

The author and academy member Peter Englund is awarded the 2025 Delblanc Prize. .

Peter Englund receives the Delblanc Prize

The Secrecy is Lifted on the Prize "that Ruined Everything"

The Nobel Prize to Academy members Harry Martinson and Eyvind Johnson became one of the most debated in history and had devastating consequences. Now, parts of the Academy's discussions in 1974 are being made public.

The Secrecy is Lifted on the Prize "that Ruined Everything"

This is what happens in 2025

Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington DC and Germany can get a new government. Sweden's women's football team plays the European Championship and the women's volleyball team gets the chance to participate in the World Championship for the first time.

This is what happens in 2025

They are praised by the Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy has awarded several prizes at its ceremonial gathering. Among other things, Marie Lundquist receives Gerard Bonnier's prize of 300,000 kronor.

They are praised by the Swedish Academy

Tua Forsström Leaves the Swedish Academy

Tua Forsström is leaving the Swedish Academy after five years. Something that was agreed upon from the beginning.

Tua Forsström Leaves the Swedish Academy

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

He Kang took up the political unrest in South Korea directly at his press conference in Stockholm. Like many other South Koreans, I have been shocked by the recent days' events in my homeland, she says.

Nobel Laureate: "Shocked by the Events"

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

The government's decision to dissolve the Renmark Committee – which has investigated sensitive issues of hunting rights in the mountains – receives sharp criticism from the committee's chairman Eric M Runesson. "Is it fear of contact that lies behind the government's actions? Or are alternative facts needed?", he writes on DN Debatt.

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

The Nobel Laureate: "Thought it was a prank call"

He thought the call from the Swedish Academy was a prank call. This is what the Nobel laureate in literature says in her first interview since the announcement of the prize.

The Nobel Laureate: "Thought it was a prank call"

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Just in time for the autumn break, the Swedish Academy is giving poetry books to all of Sweden's middle schools. Older Swedish poems are paired with newly written ones in the anthology "Time for Poetry".

The Swedish Academy Donates Poetry to School Children

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang has kept herself away from the media since this year's Nobel Prize in literature was announced on Thursday. No one, except the Swedish Academy, has received a comment from this year's Nobel laureate in literature – until now.

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

Han Kang has kept a low profile with the media since this year's Nobel Prize in Literature was announced on Thursday. No one, apart from the Swedish Academy, has received a comment from this year's Nobel laureate in Literature – until now.

Han Kang on the Nobel Prize: "Very surprised"

South Korea celebrates Han Kang's Nobel Prize

South Korea receives Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature as a welcome surprise, with pride and joy-filled emotions. .

South Korea celebrates Han Kang's Nobel Prize

Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

The South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang received the news that she had been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature when she had just had dinner with her son. It seemed to be a quiet day in Seoul.

Han Kang celebrates the Nobel Prize with tea in silence

The Translator: Fireworks Expected in South Korea

It will be greatly celebrated in South Korea on the occasion of Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature, believes Anders Karlsson, who has translated her books into Swedish. .

The Translator: Fireworks Expected in South Korea

"Touches Life and Death in a Unique Way"

An accessible authorship, which simultaneously explores serious and major issues in a new way. This is how this year's Nobel Prize winner in literature Han Kang is described.

"Touches Life and Death in a Unique Way"

Han Kang receives the Nobel Prize: "In the midst of her life's work"

Han Kang is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the first South Korean author to be awarded the prize by the Swedish Academy – and one of the youngest at 53 years old.

Han Kang receives the Nobel Prize: "In the midst of her life's work"

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

Chinese Can Xue, Australian Gerald Murnane, or perhaps Jamaica Kincaid, born and raised in Antigua? Today at 1 pm, this year's Nobel laureate in literature will be announced. .

Nobel Speculations: Russian Considered "Impossible"

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

Alfred Nobel (born 1833 in Stockholm, died 1896 in San Remo, Italy) is Sweden's most famous inventor and industrial leader. His most important invention was dynamite, which he patented in 1867.

Nobel Prize Facts Package 2024

Stridsberg writes with a "softer pen"

A family darkness depicted with a more frivolous language. Sara Stridsberg's new novel differs from the previous ones and yet not.

Stridsberg writes with a "softer pen"

She writes a book about the cultural profile's rape

"The Outsider's Class". This is the title of a new novel by philosopher Anna-Karin Selberg.

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

The question of a Swedish cultural canon has been driven by the Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats, and in the Tidö Agreement, the government and the Sweden Democrats decided that expert groups within different areas should develop one. .

A Swedish Cultural Canon - This is How it Happened

The Swedish Academy awards Karolina Ramqvist

The Swedish Academy has awarded author Karolina Ramqvist the 2024 Signe Ekblad-Eldh Prize. The prize money is 140,000 kronor.

The Swedish Academy awards Karolina Ramqvist