Honours and awards presented to Astrid Lindgren
1944
2nd Prize in the Rabén & Sjögren competition – Girls’ books, 10-15 yrs
1945
First Prize in the Rabén & Sjögren competition – Children’s books, 6-10 yrs, for Pippi Longstocking
1946
Svenska Dagbladet’s Literature Award (shared with another prize winner)
Shared 1st Prize in the Rabén & Sjögren competition – Detective Stories for Youth
1950
The Nils Holgersson Plaque
1956
Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis Sonderpreis (The German Youth Book Prize, Special Award), Germany, for Mio, my Son
1957
Government Scholarship for authors of high literary merit
1958
The H C Andersen Award
1963
Children´s Spring Book Festival Award, USA
1963/1964
Tidningen Vi's literary prize
1965
Government Artistic Award
1966
Svensk Damtidning’s literature scholarship
1970
Expressen’s “Heffalump” Award for Emil and His Clever Pig
Swedish Society for the Promotion of Literature: “Golden Ship” Award
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, USA, for Christmas in the stable
1971
The Swedish Academy’s Grand Gold Medal
1973
Linköping University, Sweden: Honorary PhD
The Brooklyn Art Books For Children’s Citations, USA
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking
“Silvergriffel” Award, Holland, for Lotta on Troublemaker Street
1974
Book Traders’ Assistants’ Plaque, “Your book – our choice” for The Brothers Lionheart
“Smile Award”, Soviet Union
1975
“Silvergriffel” Award, Holland, for The Brothers Lionheart
Litteris et artibus (Royal Medal 8th Grade)
1977
The Thriller Academy Award for best Swedish Teenage Thriller for Bill Bergson, Master Detective
1978
German Booksellers’ Peace Prize, Germany
International Writer´s Award, Wales, Great Britain
Leicester University, England: Honorary Doctorate of Letters
1979
The Janus-Korczak Award, Poland, for The Brothers Lionheart
1981
The Bambi Award, Germany
1983
Vimmerby Council: Culture Award
“Silvergriffel” Award, Holland, for Ronja the Robber´s Daughter
1984
Swedish Tourist Association: Dag Hammarskjöld Medal
John Hanson Award
Mildred L. Batchelder Award, USA, for Ronja the Robber´s Daughter
1985
The Jovanic Zmaj Award, Yugoslavia
Swedish Government: Illis Quorum – 12th Grade
The Karen Blixen Award, Denmark
Loisirs jeunes élus par l´enfant, France
1986
The Selma Lagerlöf Award
Swedish Council of America names Astrid Lindgren, “Swede of the Year”
The Lego Prize, Denmark
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation names Astrid Lindgren, “Animal Lover of the Year”
1987
Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal, the Sovjet Union
The Swedish Nursing Mother´s Support Group Prize
1988
The Haro Medal
1989
Warsaw University, Poland: Honorary Doctorate
Albert Schweitzer Medal, Washington, USA
1990
Russian Authors’ Union, Soviet Union: “The Four Girls’ Medal”
The Gustav Fröding Scholarship
1991
Society for the Protection of Animals: USA Joseph Wood-Krutch Medal
Officer of the French Society of Arts and Lettres, France
1992
“Smålander” of the year, by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in Jönköping
1993
UNESCO Book Award, Vienna, Austria
Foreign Press Association of Sweden Prize
S:t Erik Medal
1994
Telia Speaker’s Prize
Danish Clog Prize, Aarhus, Denmark
“The Right Livelihood Award”, sometimes called “The Alternative Nobel Prize”.
Deutscher Videopreis (German Video Award), Germany
The Albert Engström Prize
1995
Mickel Prize
General Children’s House Grand Prize
The Golden Ark Award, Brussels, Belgium
1996
Slovenian Government Medal, Honorary Sign of Freedom, Slovenia
Gold Record (70,000 copies sold)
Gabriella Mistral Prize, Chile
1997
BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society) Prize
Swede of the Year in the World
Wilhelm Hansen Foundation Prize
Torgny Segerstedt’s Freedom Pen
1999
Swede of the Century, Aftonbladet
2000
Linköping University, Sweden: Honorary Doctorate of Medicine
2001
Solstickan Match Company Award
2002
Corine Internationaler Buchpreis, Germany (posthumous)
2003
Cultural Award, American-Scandinavian Foundation “for service to America and Scandinavia” (posthumous)