Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction by Mitzi M. Brunsdale

Author:Mitzi M. Brunsdale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

Award-Winning Norwegian Crime Fiction

Titles in quotation marks are English versions of original Norwegian titles as yet untranslated into English; these may not resemble eventual English titles. Titles of published English translations appear in italics.

The Riverton Prize

The Riverton Prize, the leading Norwegian prize for crime fiction, also called the Golden Gun, has been awarded annually since 1972 to feature films, television dramas, and radio plays as well as crime novels. The award was named after the early Norwegian mystery author Stein Riverton and is the collaborative effort of the Riverton Club, the Norwegian Publishers Association, and the Norwegian Book Club, to promote the quantity and quality of Norwegian crime fiction. The physical prize itself is actually a “golden gun,” a Nagantrevolver, a Belgian-made handgun with a gold stock, inspired by the two gold dueling pistols owned by author Stein Riverton’s fictional detective Asbjørn Krag. Norwegian police used the Nagantrevolver at the time Krag was working as a detective. Two other awards, the Riverton Club Award and the Riverton Club International Award, are also “Golden Guns,” given to individuals who according to Nils Nordberg, ‘have made a special effort [for] Norwegian crime fiction, at home or abroad (Nordberg, “Murderers’ Cheerful Siblings”).

Riverton Prize Winners:

1972: Bortreist på ubestemt tid (“Away for an Indefinite Time”), by Sigrun Krokvik

1973: Etterforskning pågår (“The Investigation Is Ongoing”), by David Torjussen (pseudonym of Tor Edvin Dahl)

1974: Lansen (“Lansen”) by Anker Rogstad

1975: Rygg i rand, to i spann (“Back to the Border, Two in the Bucket”), by Gunnar Staalesen

1976: Den hvite kineser (“The White Chinese”), by Pio Larsen

1977: No prize awarded

1978: Blindpassasjer (television series by Jon Bing and Tor Åge Bringsvaerd)

1979: Operasjon (“The Operation”), by Helge Riisøen

1980: Kortslutning (“Short Circuit”), by Fredrik Skagen

1981: Hvit som snø (“White as Snow”), by Jon Michelet

1982: Thomas Pihls annem lov (“Thomas Pihl’s Other Law”), by Torolf Elster

1983: Nattdykk (“Night Dive”) by Kim Småge

1984: No prize awarded

1985: Spionen som lengtet hjem (“The Spy Who Longed for Home”), by Michael Grundt Spang

1986: Ringer i mørkt vann (radio series by Edith Ranum)

1987: Sneglene (“The Snails”), by Lars Saabye Christensen

1988: Kharg (“Kharg”), by Alf R. Jacobsen

1989: 13 Takters blues (“13 Bar Blues”), by Idar Lind

1990: Den mekaniske kvinnen (“The Mechanical Woman”), by Ingvar Ambjørnsen

1991: Valsekongens fall (“The Waltz King Case”), by Audun Sjøstrand

1992: Orakel (“Oracle”), by Arild Rypdal

1993: Begjaerets pris (“The Price of Desire”), by Morten Harry Olsen

1994: Salige er de som tørster (“Blessed Are Those Who Thirst”), by Anne Holt

1995: Død mann i boks (“A Dead Man in a Box”), by Kolbjørn Hauge

1996: Se deg ikke tilbake (Don’t Look Back), by Karin Fossum

1997: Flaggermusmannen (The Bat), by Jo Nesbø

1998: Kalde hender (“Cold Hands”), by Jan Mehlum

1999: Drømmefangeren (“The Dream Catcher”), by Unni Lindell

2000: En liten gyllen ring (“The Last Fix”), by Kjell Ola Dahl

2001: Den frosne kvinnen (“The Frozen Woman”) by Jon Michelet

2002: Som i et speil (“Reflections in a Mirror”), by Gunnar Staalesen

2003: Hjemsøkt (“Haunted”), by Kurt Aust (pseudonym of Kurt Østergaard)

2004: Svarte penger: hvite løgner, television series by Ulf Breistrand and Jarl Emsell Larsen

2005: Flytande

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