Finlandia Prize
Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Finlandia Prize (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a set of Finnish literary prizes awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation to "celebrate reading and highlight new Finnish first-rate literature." Considered the most prestigious in the nation, they are awarded annually in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and children's and youth literature. The prize was first awarded in 1984.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The award sum (as of 2022) is 30,000 euros (originally 100,000 Finnish Marks).<ref name="yle-con"/> Works submitted for nomination may be in Finnish or Swedish and also works in other languages may be considered. Prior to 2010 only works written by citizens of Finland were allowed but the rules were changed when Alexandra Salmela, a citizen of Slovakia, was nominated.<ref name="yle-con">Template:Cite web</ref>
Since 1984, in addition to the fiction category, the Little Finlandia Prize (Template:Langx) for the best student essay on literature has been administered by the Finnish Language Teachers’ Union in cooperation with the Finnish Book Foundation.
Finlandia Prize in Fiction
The Finlandia Prize in Fiction, the oldest of the three categories, has been awarded for an outstanding Finnish work of fiction since 1984. Since 1993, however, the prize has been awarded exclusively to novels.
Finlandia Prize in Children's and Youth Literature
The Finlandia Prize in Children's and Youth Literature (formerly the Finlandia Junior Prize) is awarded for children's and youth literature.
| Year | Author | Title Finnish | Title English | Elector |
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| Template:Center | Alexis Kouros | Gondwanan lapset | Gondwana's Children | |
| Template:Center | Leena Laulajainen | Kultamarja ja metsän salaisuudet | The Golden Berry and the Secrets of the Forest | |
| Template:Center | Kari Levola | Tahdon | I Do | |
| Template:Center | Tomi Kontio | Keväällä isä sai siivet | In the Spring, Father Got Wings | Riitta Uosukainen |
| Template:Center | Kira Poutanen | Ihana meri | The Wonderful Sea | M. A. Numminen |
| Template:Center | Raili Mikkanen | Ei ole minulle suvannot | Päivi Lipponen | |
| Template:Center | Arja Puikkonen | Haloo kuuleeko kaupunki | Kirsti Mäkinen | |
| Template:Center | Riitta Jalonen | Tyttö ja naakkapuu | Jukka Kajava | |
| Template:Center | Tuula Korolainen | Kuono kohti tähteä | Matti Ranin | |
| Template:Center | Timo Parvela | Keinulauta | Seesaw | Jukka Virtanen |
| Template:Center | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Tatun ja Patun Suomi | Inkeri Näätsaari | |
| Template:Center | Esko-Pekka Tiitinen | Villapäät | Maria Kaisa Aula | |
| Template:Center | Mari Kujanpää | Minä ja Muro | Marko Vuoriheimo | |
| Template:Center | Siri Kolu | Me Rosvolat | Hannu-Pekka Björkman | |
| Template:Center | Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen | Valoa, valoa, valoa | Paula Vesala | |
| Template:Center | Christel Rönns | Det vidunderliga ägget | Mari Rantasila | |
| 2013 | Kreetta Onkeli | Poika joka menetti muistinsa | Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä | |
| Template:Center | Maria Turtschaninoff | Maresi. Krönikor från det röda klostret | Maresi : the Red Abbey Chronicles | Johanna Vuoksenmaa |
| 2015 | Nadja Sumanen | Rambo | Heikki Harma | |
| 2016 | Juuli Niemi | Et kävele yksin | Vuokko Hovatta | |
| 2017 | Sanna Mander | Nyckelknipan | Anna Puu | |
| 2018 | Siiri Enoranta | Tuhatkuolevan kirous | Riku Rantala | |
| 2019 | Marisha Rasi-Koskinen | Auringon pimeä puoli | Olavi Uusivirta | |
| 2020 | Anja Portin | Radio Popov | Christoffer Strandberg | |
| 2021 | Anne-Maija Aalto | Mistä valo pääsee sisään | Perttu Pölönen | |
| 2022 | Sofia Chanfreau & Amanda Chanfreau | Giraffens hjärta är ovanligt stort | Ernest Lawson | |
| 2023 | Magdalena Hai | Sarvijumala<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Herra Ylppö | |
| 2024 | Päivi Lukkarila | Skutsi | Maria Veitola |
Note: English title column may reflect a published book, or just a translated title.
Finlandia Prize in Non-Fiction
The Finlandia Prize in Non-Fiction is considered Finland's most significant non-fiction award.