The Nordic Council Children and Young People‘s Literature Prize is one of five awards the council gives out each year, and the youngest. The award was first presented in 2013.
Each of the nordic countries is represented in the jury. Two books are nominated by each of the Scandinavian countries and by Iceland. The Faroe Islands, Greenland, the Sámi language region and Åland may nominate one book per year, in which case they also have a representative in the jury.
Icelandic recepients of the award
2016
Arnar Már Arngrímsson: Sölvasaga unglings (Sölvi‘s Teenage Story)
Icelandic nominations
2021
Arndís Þórarinsdóttir og Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir: Blokkin á heimsenda (The Apartment Building at the End of the World)
Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir: Grísafjörður (Fjord of Pigs)
2020
Lani Yamamoto: Egill spámaður (Prophet Egill)
Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir: Villueyjar (Lost Islands)
2019
Sigrún Eldjárn: Silfurlykillinn (The Silver Key)
Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir: Rotturnar (The Rats)
2018
Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir: Vertu ósýnilegur – Flóttasaga Ishmaels (Be Invisible – Ishmael's Escape)
Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Kalle Güettler & Rakel Helmsdal: Skrímsli í vanda (Monsters in Trouble)
2017
Hafsteinn Hafsteinsson: Enginn sá hundinn (The Invisible Dog)
Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir: Úlfur og Edda – Dýrgripurinn (Úlfur and Edda – The Jewel)
2016
Arnar Már Arngrímsson: Sölvasaga unglings (Sölvi's Teenage Story)
Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir: Koparborgin (The Copper City)
2015
Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir: Vinur minn, vindurinn (My Friend, the Wind)
Þórarinn Leifsson: Maðurinn sem hataði börn (The Man Who Hated Children)
2014
Andri Snær Magnason: Tímakistan (The Time Chest)
Lani Yamamoto: Stína stórasæng (Sína With the Big Duvet)
2013
Áslaug Jónsdóttir: Skrímslaerjur (Monster Fights)
Birgitta Sif: Óliver (Oliver)