Countdown to the Nordic Council prize award ceremony
The ceremony begins at 19:30 (Icelandic time) with Eivør Pálsdóttir of the Faroe Islands performing with a variety of Icelandic artists in the beautiful Eldborg concert hall.
The honour of awarding the prizes goes to last year’s winners Simon Steen-Andersen, Benedikt Erlingsson, Kjell Westö, Håkon Øvreas and Øyvind Torseter, and Dagur B. Eggertsson and Ólöf Örvarsdóttir.
The winners will each receive the Nordic Council “Northern Lights” prize statuette and DKK 350,000.
Find out more about the nominees here:
Nominees for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
Nominees for the Nordic Council Film Prize
Nominees for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
Nominees for the Nordic Council Music Prize
Nominees for the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize
The award ceremony will be streamed on norden.org.