The Swedish Crime Fiction Academy (Swedish: Svenska Deckarakademin), is a Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote quality in Swedish detective fiction and crime fiction.Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, Nationalencyklopedin, retrieved 3 January 2011 Originally, the academy had 13 elected members; today the number of members is 24.
Prizes awarded each year by the Academy: Best Translated Crime Novel (Bästa översatta kriminalroman, formerly called The Martin Beck Award) Best Swedish Crime Novel (Bästa svenska kriminalroman; also called The Golden Crowbar award)
There are also a number of awards which are not necessarily presented annually (though the two first usually are): Best Swedish First Crime Novel (Bästa svenska deckarebut) The Bloodhound for best children's or young adult crime novel (Spårhunden) Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement Best Non-Fiction Work on crime fiction (Bästa faktabok) Award for outstanding translations (Berömvärd översättargärning) Special Award, given at the discretion of the Academy
Awards presented in the past: Special Grand Master Award (for achievements in crime fiction; given only twice, to central Swedish critics of crime fiction) Best Crime Novel Translated into Swedish – International
References
External links Official site