The Glass Key award (Swedish: Glasnyckeln, Danish: Glasnøglen, Norwegian: Glassnøkkelen, Finnish: Lasiavain-palkinto, Icelandic: Glerlykillinn) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.
The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia (Skandinaviska Kriminalsällskapet) to a crime novel written by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.
Winners
Year | Author | Original title | English translation | Country |
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1992 | Henning Mankell | Mördare utan ansikte | Faceless Killers | ![]() |
1993 | Peter Høeg | Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne | Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow | ![]() |
1994 | Kim Småge | Sub Rosa | n/a | ![]() |
1995 | Erik Otto Larsen | Masken i spejlet | n/a | ![]() |
1996 | Fredrik Skagen | Nattsug | n/a | ![]() |
1997 | Karin Fossum | Se dig ikke tilbake! | Don't Look Back | ![]() |
1998 | Jo Nesbø | Flaggermusmannen | The Bat | ![]() |
1999 | Leif Davidsen | Limes billede | Lime's Photograph | ![]() |
2000 | Håkan Nesser | Carambole | Hour of the Wolf | ![]() |
2001 | Karin Alvtegen | Saknad | Missing | ![]() |
2002 | Arnaldur Indriðason | Mýrin | Jar City | ![]() |
2003 | Arnaldur Indriðason | Grafarþögn | Silence of the Grave | ![]() |
2004 | Kurt Aust | Hjemsøkt | n/a | ![]() ![]() |
2005 | Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström | Odjuret | The Beast | ![]() |
2006 | Stieg Larsson | Män som hatar kvinnor | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | ![]() |
2007 | Matti Rönkä | Ystävät kaukana | n/a | ![]() |
2008 | Stieg Larsson | Luftslottet som sprängdes | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | ![]() |
2009 | Johan Theorin | Nattfåk | The Darkest Room | ![]() |
2010 | Jussi Adler-Olsen | Flaskepost fra P | A Conspiracy of Faith | ![]() |
2011 | Leif G. W. Persson[1] | Den döende detektiven | The Dying Detective | ![]() |
2012 | Erik Valeur | Det syvende barn | The Seventh Child | ![]() |
2013 | Jørn Lier Horst | Jakthundene | The Hunting Dogs | ![]() |
2014 | Gard Sveen | Den siste pilegrimen | The Last Pilgrim | ![]() |
2015 | Thomas Rydahl | Eremitten | The Hermit | ![]() |
2016 | Ane Riel | Harpiks | Resin | ![]() |
2017 | Malin Persson Giolito | Störst av allt | Quicksand | ![]() |
2018 | Camilla Grebe | Husdjuret | After She's Gone | ![]() |
2019 | Stina Jackson | Silvervägen | The Silver Road | ![]() |
2020 | Camilla Grebe | Skuggjägaren | Shadow Hunter | ![]() |
2021 | Tove Alsterdal | Rotvälta | We Know You Remember | ![]() |
2022 | Morten Hesseldahl | Mørket under isen | Darkness Under the Ice | ![]() |
2023 | Max Seeck | Kauna | The Last Grudge | ![]() |
2024 | Christopher Carlsson | Levende og døde | Living and Dead | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Best Nordic Crime Novel". Jun 16, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
External links
- (in Swedish) Glass Key winners (through 2004)