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The Astrid Lindgren Prize goes to a "tough-boiled" author

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The Astrid Lindgren Prize goes to a "tough-boiled" author

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Tough-boiled, easy to read, and immediate. This is how the jury describes this year's Astrid Lindgren prize winner Petter Lidbeck, who is awarded the prize of 100,000 kronor for an authorship that "grabs you from the very first page"

The King about Estonia: Important that we remember

The King about Estonia: Important that we remember

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Today, Sweden remembers the fateful night of September 28, 1994, when the passenger ferry Estonia took 852 people down to the depths. — Today, 30 years have passed, but it still feels so close, says King Carl XVI Gustaf at a memorial ceremony at Djurgården

They Receive the Benny Award of the Year

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They Receive the Benny Award of the Year

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He receives the Hellsing Prize

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He receives the Hellsing Prize

The author and illustrator Aron Landahl receives the Lennart Hellsing award for the year. The jury praises how his bold artwork invites to "extraordinary adventures"