1962 - Eyvind Johnson | 1963 - Vaino Linna | 1964 - Tarjei Vesaas | 1965 - William Heinesen & - Olof Lagercrantz | 1966 - Gunnar Ekelof | 1967 - Johan Borgen | 1968 - Per Olof Sundman | 1969 - Per Olov Enquist | 1970 - Klaus Rifbjerg | 1971 - Thorkild Hansen | 1972 - Karl Vennberg | 1973 - Veijo Meri | 1974 - Villy Sørensen | 1975 - Hannu Salama | 1976 - Olafur Johann Sigurðsson | 1977 - Bo Carpelan | 1978 - Kjartan Fløgstad | 1979 - Ivar Lo-Johansson | 1980 - Sara Lidman | 1981 - Snorri Hjartarson | 1982 - Sven Delblanc | 1983 - Peter Seeberg | 1984 - Goran Tunstrom | 1985 - Antti Tuuri | 1986 - Roi R. Patursson | 1987 - Herbjørg Wassmo | 1988 - Thor Vilhjalmsson | 1989 - Dag Solstad | 1990 - Tomas Transtromer | 1991 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa | 1992 - Friða Sigurðardottir | 1993 - Peer Hultberg | 1994 - Kerstin Ekman | 1995 - Einar Mar Guðmundsson | 1996 - Øystein Lønn | 1997 - Dorrit Willumsen | 1998 - Tua Forsstrom | 1999 - Pia Tafdrup | 2000 - Henrik Nordbrandt | 2001 - Jan Kjærstad | 2002 - Lars Saabye Christensen | 2003 - Eva Strom | 2004 - Kari Hotakainen | 2005 - Sjon | 2006 - Goran Sonnevi | 2007 - Sara Stridsberg | 2008 - Naja Marie Aidt | 2009 - Per Petterson | 2010 - Sofi Oksanen | 2011 - Gyrðir Eliasson | 2012 - Merethe Lindstrøm | 2013 - Kim Leine | 2014 - Kjell Westo | 2015 - Jon Fosse | 2016 - Katarina Frostenson | 2017 - Kirsten Thorup | 2018 - Auður Ava Olafsdottir | 2019 - Jonas Eika | 2020 - Monika Fagerholm | 2021 - Niviaq Korneliussen