Urhunden Prizes

Urhunden Prizes
Hanna Gustavsson receiving the Urhunden Prize at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014.
Awarded forAchievements in comics
CountrySweden
Presented byThe Swedish Comics Association
First awarded1987
Websiteserieframjandet.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]

Ending panel in the comic strip The Doggosaurus' vacation by Oskar Andersson
Gunnar Krantz
Henrik Bromander

Swedish title[6]

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  • 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]

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Art Spiegelman
Marjane Satrapi
Alison Bechdel


Unghunden (youth comics award)

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Jan Lööf
Åsa Ekström

See also

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References

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  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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