Cappelen Prize

The Cappelen Prize (Norwegian: Cappelenprisen) is a Norwegian literary award that is awarded each year by the Cappelen Damm publishing company. It was established in 1979, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house of Cappelen.^[1][2]

Laureates

• 1979 – Thorbjørn Egner
• 1980 – Odd Eidem
• 1981 – Hans Normann Dahl and Vivian Zahl Olsen
• 1982 – Bjørg Vik and Jahn Otto Johansen
• 1983 – Richard Herrmann, Otto Øgrim, Helmut Ormestad and Kåre Lunde
• 1984 – Lars Saabye Christensen, Ove Røsbak, Rune Belsvik and Karin Sveen
• 1985 – Kolbein Falkeid and Arvid Hanssen
• 1986 – Inger Margrethe Gaarder and Fredrik Skagen
• 1988 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen
• 1989 – Vigdis Hjorth
• 1990 – Kjell Arild Pollestad and Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld
• 1991 – Paal-Helge Haugen
• 1992 – Axel Jensen
• 1993 – Erik Bye and Tor Bomann-Larsen
• 1994 – No award
• 1995 – No award
• 1996 – Gert Nygårdshaug
• 1997 – Erlend Loe
• 1998 – No award
• 1999 – Georg Johannesen
• 2000 – Gro Dahle
• 2001 – Anne Holt
• 2002 – Jan Jakob Tønseth
• 2003 – Karin Fossum
• 2004 – Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Ingeborg Arvola, Ørnulf Hodne, Anne-Lise Gjerdrum
• 2005 – No award
• 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen and Torbjørn Færøvik
• 2007 – No award
• 2008 – No award
• 2009 – No award
• 2010 – No award

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