Portrait of ALMA laureate Eva Lindström.

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The 2022 laureate

The Swedish picture book artist Eva Lindström receives the 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She has published some 35 solo titles and has illustrated many books by other authors. She writes stories that shift between the everyday and the existential, combining shrewd humour with absurd mystery.

Eva Lindström recieving the diploma, presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

Award ceremony 2022

The applause never seemed to end when Eva Lindström recieved the 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Konserthuset in Stockholm on Monday, 30 May. The award was presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

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ALMA laureate Eva Lindström at work. Photo: Susanne Kronholm

Interview with Eva Lindström

Where does Eva Lindström get her inspiration? When did she know that she wanted to be a writer and illustrator of picture books, and what was she like as a child?

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Watch the broadcast from the 2022 announcement that took place on March 22 at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Stockholm.

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Astrid Lindgren med armarna i kors bakom huvudet

20 years of celebrating childrens rights to great stories

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. For two decades, the award has elevated and honoured some of the foremost figures in young people’s literature. So far, the jury has selected 21 laureates from around the world.

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The award

Fast facts

The laureates

Get to know the laureates

Inspire young readers

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From graphic novel to stop motion

In the story telling project “I know a great book”, young students express their experiences of reading Shaun Tan’s and Baek Heena’s graphic novels in their own words and images. The project is a collaboration between the Swdish organisation Historieberättarna and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

New on the jury

We are pleased to welcome writer and librarian Balsam Karam and professor Katarina Eriksson Barajas to our jury. Their terms will begin on July 1.

Flowing fabrics and glimmers of gold when fiction becomes circus

In early June, upper secondary school students within circus and design performed at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern with a performance inspired by Shaun Tan's graphic novel "The Arrival".

Summer reading

Know any small, hungry bookworms? Here are four great summer reads that children and grownups can enjoy together.

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Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination. Children create miracles when they read.

- From Astrid Lindgren's speech at the reception of the H C Andersen Award in April 1958

En kvinna med ljust hår och mönstrad färgglad kofta sitter vid ett skrivbord

Meet the illustrator

"I knew right away that portraying such a well-known person, like Astrid Lindgren, would be challenging." Amanda Åkerman created the portrait of Astrid Lindgren that is depicted on our logo. Here, the illustrator reveals what it was like to portray one of Sweden’s most beloved authors.

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A prize for the prize!

We are proud to share that our visual identity has won first place in Swedish Resumé Design Award. Earlier this spring, we launched the identity which was undertaken in collaboration with the branding agency Happy F&B.

Young people show a passion for writing

Our writing contest Young Writers for Young Readers elicited more than 250 submissions from across Sweden, all written by young people between the ages of 10 and 18. The contest is organized in cooperation with Tensta Konsthall, aiming to inspire children to spend more time writing and putting their emotions into words.

Meet the winners of Young Writers for Young Readers