Urhunden Prizes

Urhunden Prizes
Urhunden Prizes
	Hanna Gustavsson receiving the Urhunden Prize at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014.
Awarded for	Achievements in comics
Country	Sweden
Presented by	The Swedish Comics Association
First awarded	1987
Website	serieframjandet.se/urhunden/

Urhunden Prizes are awarded by The Swedish Comics Association annually since 1987 to the previous year's best original Swedish and Swedish translated comic book. The prizes are named after a classic Swedish comic book character, Urhunden ("The Doggosaurus"), from around 1900 by Oskar Andersson, one of the pioneers in Swedish comics.

The prize was partly designed in relation to the existing Adamson Awards, which is a general award of merit to a foreign and a Swedish cartoonist. The Swedish Comics Association prize, on the other hand, is linked to a specific book publication.^[1]

Between 1994 and 2018, the prize was also awarded in a third category, called Unghunden ("The Young Dog"). The prize went to someone or some people who made contributions to children's and youth comics in Sweden, without connection to any particular achievement in a particular year.^[2]

In 2022 and 2023, the awarding of the prize was suspended, while the jury reviewed the rules. In 2024, jury work and the awarding of the prize officially restarted.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Swedish title^[6]

1987: Alger by Gunnar Krantz
1988: Gas by Joakim Pirinen
1989: Ensamma Mamman by Cecilia Torudd
1990: Arne Anka by Charlie Christensen
1991: Medan Kaffet Kallnar by Ulf Lundkvist
1992: Arne Anka Del II by Charlie Christensen
1993: Uti vår hage 3 by Krister Petersson
1994: Arne Anka Del III by Charlie Christensen
1995: Vakuumneger by Max Andersson
1996: Garagedrömmar by Mats Kjellblad
1997: Baron Bosse Story (Assar 6) by Ulf Lundkvist
1998: Hjärteblod by Anders Westerberg
1999: Allt för Konsten (anthology)
2000: Rocky by Martin Kellerman
2001: För Fin för Denna Världen by Daniel Ahlgren
2002: Fröken Märkvärdig och Karriären by Joanna Rubin Dranger
2003: Sjunde Våningen by Åsa Grennvall
2004: Klas Katt Går till Sjöss by Gunnar Lundkvist
2005: Amatörernas Afton by Anneli Furmark
2006: Pojken i skogen by Mats Jonsson
2007: Jag är din flickvän nu by Nina Hemmingsson
2008: Jamen förlåt då by Anneli Furmark
2009: Döda paret och deras ‘vänner’ by Joakim Pirinen
2010: Frances 1 by Joanna Hellgren
2011: Om någon vrålar i skogen by Malin Biller
2012: Vi håller på med en viktig grej by Sara Hansson
2013: Smålands mörker by Henrik Bromander
2014: Nattbarn by Hanna Gustavsson
2015: Det som händer i skogen by Hilda-Maria Sandgren
2016: Den röda vintern by Anneli Furmark
2017: Jag håller tiden by Åsa Grennvall
2018: Athena: pappas flicka by Li Österberg
2019: Vei - book 2 by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Karl Johnsson^[7]
2020: Gå med mig till hörnet by Anneli Furmark
2021: No prize was awarded.
2022: No prize was awarded.
2023: Den naturliga komedin by Ulla Donner (Finland)

Translated title^[8]

1987: Operation Istanbul (La Porta d'Oriente) by Vittorio Giardino (Italy)
1988: Maus by Art Spiegelman (USA)
1989: Den Skrattande Solen (The Laughing Sun, Love and Rockets) by Gilbert Hernandez (USA)
1990: Blues i Brallan (Quéquette Blues) by Baru (France)
1991: Sirenens Sång (Le Dernier Chant des Malaterre) by François Bourgeon (France)
1992: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (USA)
1993: Maus II by Art Spiegelman (USA)
1994: Ernie 1 by Bud Grace (USA)
1995: 1945 (När Kriget Kom 5) by Niels Roland, Morten Hesseldahl and Henrik Rehr (Denmark)
1996: Serier: Den Osynliga Konsten (Comics: The Unseen Art) by Scott McCloud (USA)
1997: Den Stora Kokapplöpningen (Bone 4) by Jeff Smith (USA)
1998: Karu Cell by Kati Kovács (Finland)
1999: Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown (Canada)
2000: Pappas Flicka (Daddy's Girl) by Debbie Drechsler (USA)
2001: Vänta Lite... (Hey, Wait...) by Jason (Norway)
2002: Holmenkollen by Matti Hagelberg (Finland)
2003: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (USA)
2004: Allt för konsten 4 (Nordic anthology)
2005: Persepolis Book 1 by Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)
2006: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (UK/USA)
2007: Broderier (Broderies) by Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)
2008: Olaf G. by Lars Fiske och Steffen Kverneland (Norway)
2009: Fixaren (The Fixer) by Joe Sacco (Malta/USA)
2010: Husfrid (Fun Home) by Alison Bechdel (USA)
2011: Ankomsten (The Arrival) by Shaun Tan (Australia)
2012: Tamara Drewe (Tamara Drewe) by Posy Simmonds (UK)
2013: Idag är sista dagen på resten av ditt liv (Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life) by Ulli Lust (Austria)
2014: Pyongyang (Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea) by Guy Delisle (Canada)
2015: Skyttegravskriget: 1914–1918 (It Was the War of the Trenches) by Jacques Tardi (France)
2016: Epileptisk (Epileptic) by David B. (France)
2017: Egendomen (The Property) by Rutu Modan (Israel)
2018: Framtidens arab 3: en barndom i Mellanöstern (1985–1987) (The Arab of the Future) by Riad Sattouf (France)
2019: Heimat: ett tyskt släktalbum (Belonging) by Nora Krug (Germany/USA)
2020: Survilo by Olga Lavrentieva (Russia)
2021: No prize was awarded.
2022: No prize was awarded.
2023: How I Tried to Be a Good Person by Ulli Lust (Austria)

Unghunden (youth comics award)

1994: Rune Andréasson
1995: Peter Madsen, Henning Kure, Per Vadmand and Hans Rancke-Madsen
1996: Måns Gahrton and Johan Unenge
1997: Magnus Knutsson
1998: Don Rosa
1999: Bryan Talbot
2000: Bokfabriken
2001: Carlsen Comics
2002: Mats Källblad
2003: Kamratposten
2004: Bamse editors
2005: Johan Andreasson
2006: Helena Magnusson
2007: Ulf Granberg
2009: Jan Lööf^[9]
2010: Stefan Diös
2011: Positiv förlag
2012: Janne Lundström
2013: Johanna Kristiansson and Joakim Gunnarsson
2014: Åsa Ekström
2015: Claes Reimerthi
2016: Serien och eleven by Melinda Galaczy and Helga Boström
2017: Fabian Göranson and Josefin Svenske
2018: Cecilia Torudd

References

^ "Nyheter om Urhunden". Seriefrämjandet (in Swedish). Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "Urhunden (pris)". seriewikin.serieframjandet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "Prestigefyllt pris är tillbaka". Svensk Bokhandel (in Swedish). May 16, 2024.
^ "The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner nominated for the Urhunden Prize by the Swedish Comics Association". Helsinki Literary Agency. May 27, 2024.
^ "De nomineras till seriepriset Urhunden". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). May 29, 2024.
^ "Urhunden Prize". Grand Comics Database (GCD). Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "Winner of comics prize Urhunden". Grand Agency. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "Urhunden". Library Thing. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "Seriefrämjandet: Seriepris till Joakim Pirinen och Jan Lööf" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[1] "Nyheter om Urhunden". Seriefrämjandet (in Swedish). Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[2] "Urhunden (pris)". seriewikin.serieframjandet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[3] "Prestigefyllt pris är tillbaka". Svensk Bokhandel (in Swedish). May 16, 2024.

[4] "The Natural Comedy by Ulla Donner nominated for the Urhunden Prize by the Swedish Comics Association". Helsinki Literary Agency. May 27, 2024.

[5] "De nomineras till seriepriset Urhunden". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). May 29, 2024.

[6] "Urhunden Prize". Grand Comics Database (GCD). Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[7] "Winner of comics prize Urhunden". Grand Agency. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[8] "Urhunden". Library Thing. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

[9] "Seriefrämjandet: Seriepris till Joakim Pirinen och Jan Lööf" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved June 9, 2024.

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Unghunden (youth comics award)

See also

References

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