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9-403: The Lindgren Award annually recognises one or more living people and extant institutions (twelve in the first ten years) – people for their career contributions and institutions for their long-term sustainable work. Specifically they should be "authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading" whose "work is of the highest quality, and in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren." The object of

18-422: A jury with broad expertise in international children's and young adult literature, reading promotion and children's rights. The 12 members include authors, literary critics and scholars, illustrators and librarians. One member represents Astrid Lindgren's family." The annual cycle begins no later than December about 9 months before nominees are announced, 15 months before the winner is announced and 18 months before

27-598: A separate piece of legislation, the Library Act. In 2009 a decision to amend the principles for disbursement of state subsidies were adopted. Thus, since 2011, the regions disburse a bigger proportion of the state subsidies. The agency has about 120 people working at their office , located at Filmhuset in Stockholm , and is led by a board of directors appointed by the government . The Board has full operational responsibility, and consists of nine members. The Director-General

36-551: Is the chief operating officer , answering to the board of directors. The Board decides on, inter alia, the budget and some government grants. Appointed members of the board  : The Swedish Arts Council participates in several international projects and awards grants for international cultural exchange. Examples of this are: The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the European Union Creative Europe Desk. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, instituted by

45-610: The Andersen Award in 1958. In 2020, Woodson also won the Andersen Award as an author, two years after winning the Lindgren Award. Swedish Arts Council The Swedish Arts Council ( Swedish : Statens kulturråd , or Kulturrådet ) is a Swedish administrative authority organized under the Ministry of Culture , and is tasked with promoting culture and its availability by distributing and following up on government grants , on

54-537: The award is to increase interest in children's and young people's literature, and to promote children's rights to culture on a global level. The award is administered by the Swedish Arts Council funded solely by the central government. Officially it is called "An award by the Swedish people to the world". The award ceremony is presided over by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. "The award recipients are chosen by

63-529: The basis of the national cultural policy objectives, as determined by the Riksdag . The agency works to promote particular artistic and cultural-valuable development in activities related to the performing arts , music, literature, art magazines, public libraries and the fine arts ; as well as museums and exhibitions, regional cultural activities and national minorities' culture. The Swedish Arts Council (p.k.a. The Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs)

72-476: The presentation. In the first 22 annual cycles through 2024 there were 24 recipients, twenty people and four institutions. There were two inaugural awards in 2003 and two again in 2005. Five of the Lindgren Award winners have also, and much earlier, won the older, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for their lifetime contributions to children's literature: Sendak and Erlbruch as illustrators; Nöstlinger, Nunes, and Paterson as authors. Lindgren herself won

81-451: Was established in 1974, in conjunction with the cultural policy decision of that year, as a public authority with the mission of bringing to fruition the cultural policies adopted by the Riksdag and the government. Since then, the cultural policies of Sweden have been revised by the Riksdag a number of times. In 1996, the special significance of literature was highlighted through the adoption of

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