The World's Largest Children's Literature Award

Award Week

Award Ceremony
Award Lecture

Award Ceremony in the Spirit of Astrid Lindgren

The first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature was presented on the fourth of June at a prize-giving ceremony, open to the public, in Stockholm.

The 2003 prize-winners Christine Nöstlinger and Maurice Snedak, represented by his friend Judy Taylor Hough, received the award from the hand of HRH Crown Princess Victoria. Among the speakers were Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson och Minister for Culture Marita Ulvskog. A children's choir, musicians, dancers and actors contributed to a prize-giving ceremony in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren. More than 1000 people attended the ceremony at the open-air museum of Skansen in Stockholm.

Speeches

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature. The award, which amounts to SEK 5 million, is awarded annually to a single recipient or to several. Authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and those active in reading promotion may be rewarded. The award is designed to promote interest in children's and young adult literature, and in children's rights, globally. An expert jury selects the winners from candidates nominated by institutions and organisations worldwide. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is administered by the Swedish Arts Council.

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Swedish Arts Council
P.O.Box 272 15
102 53 Stockholm

Visit: Borgvägen 1–5, Stockholm
Telephone: +46 (0)8-519 264 00
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E-mail: literatureaward@alma.se