Glass Key award
The Glass Key award (Glasnyckeln, Glasnøglen, Glassnøkkelen, Lasiavain-palkinto, 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.
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• Year — Author — Original title — English translation — Country • 1992 — Henning Mankell — Mördare utan ansikte — Faceless Killers — Sweden • 1993 — Peter Høeg — Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne — Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow — Denmark • 1994 — Kim Småge — Sub Rosa — n/a — Norway • 1995 — Erik Otto Larsen — Masken i spejlet — lit. The mask in the mirror — Denmark • 1996 — Fredrik Skagen — Nattsug — lit. Night cravings — Norway • 1997 — Karin Fossum — Se dig ikke tilbake! — Don't Look Back — Norway • 1998 — Jo Nesbø — Flaggermusmannen — The Bat — Norway • 1999 — Leif Davidsen — Limes billede — Lime's Photograph — Denmark • 2000 — Håkan Nesser — Carambole — Hour of the Wolf — Sweden • 2001 — Karin Alvtegen — Saknad — Missing — Sweden • 2002 — Arnaldur Indriðason — Mýrin — Jar City — Iceland • 2003 — Arnaldur Indriðason — Grafarþögn — Silence of the Grave — Iceland • 2004 — Kurt Aust — Hjemsøkt — lit. Haunted — Norway/ Denmark • 2005 — Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström — Odjuret — The Beast / Pen 33 — Sweden • 2006 — Stieg Larsson — Män som hatar kvinnor — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Sweden • 2007 — Matti Rönkä — Ystävät kaukana — lit. Friends far away — Finland • 2008 — Stieg Larsson — Luftslottet som sprängdes — The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest — Sweden • 2009 — Theorin Johan Theorin — Nattfåk — The Darkest Room — Sweden • 2010 — Jussi Adler-Olsen — Flaskepost fra P — A Conspiracy of Faith — Denmark • 2011 — Leif G. W. Persson — Den döende detektiven — The Dying Detective — Sweden • 2012 — Erik Valeur — Det syvende barn — The Seventh Child — Denmark • 2013 — Jørn Lier Horst — Jakthundene — The Hunting Dogs — Norway • 2014 — Gard Sveen — Den siste pilegrimen — The Last Pilgrim — Norway • 2015 — Thomas Rydahl — Eremitten — The Hermit — Denmark • 2016 — Ane Riel — Harpiks — Resin — Denmark • 2017 — Malin Persson Giolito — Störst av allt — Quicksand — Sweden • 2018 — Camilla Grebe — Husdjuret — After She's Gone — Sweden • 2019 — Stina Jackson — Silvervägen — The Silver Road — Sweden • 2020 — Camilla Grebe — Skuggjägaren — lit. The Shadow hunter — Sweden • 2021 — Tove Alsterdal — Rotvälta — We Know You Remember — Sweden • 2022 — Morten Hesseldahl — Mørket under isen — lit. The Darkness under the ice — Denmark • 2023 — Max Seeck — Kauna — The Last Grudge — Finland • 2024 — Christoffer Carlsson — Levande och döda — lit. Living and dead — Sweden • 2025 — Eva Fretheim — Fuglekongen — lit. Goldcrest — Norway
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