West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize
West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award, which was established in 2002 by the West Nordic Council. The prize is awarded every second year at the annual meeting of the West Nordic Council, normally in August. The three countries of the North West region of Northern Europe are Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. These countries nominate one literary work each. The winner gets a reward of DKK 60 000 and his or her book is translated into the other two languages of the region and into one of the Scandinavian languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish, without any expenses for the winner.The winners
2016
From Iceland
From Iceland
From Iceland
From Iceland
- Garðurinn, by Gerður Kristný
From Greenland
- Sila, by Lana Hansen
From the Faroe Islands
- Várferðin til brúnna, by Rakel Helmsdal
2008
From Iceland
From Iceland
From Greenland
- Inuk sodavandillu akuukkat, by Jokum Nielsen
From Iceland
- Engill í vesturbænum, by Kristín Steinsdóttir illustrated by Halla Sólveig Þorgeirsdóttir
From the Faroe Islands
- Loppugras by Sólrun Michelsen illustrated by Hanni Bjartalíð. Includes a musical-CD, with songs sung by a school class, songs from the book.
2002
From Greenland
