The 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate will be announced on March 7 in a live program from Stockholm and at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The award amounts to 5 million SEK (approx. 440 000 EUR) making it the largest international children’s and young adult literature award in the world. 251 candidates from 64 countries are nominated.
The announcement will be broadcast live on alma.se/en. Swedish Minister for Culture Parisa Liljestrand will perform an official greeting. The event will be hosted by the poet Athena Farrokhzad.
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was created in 2002 by the Swedish Government to promote every child’s right to great stories. This global award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. With a prize of SEK 5 million, it highlights the importance of reading, today and for future generations.
The candidates from Switzerland are:
Franz Hohler, Author
Doris Lecher, Illustrator
Catherine Louis, Illustrator
Carlo Meier, Author
Full program and link to broadcast on March 7, 12:45 CET here
Swedish Consulate
Rue Jacques-Balmat 5
1204 Genève
The consulate will move to a different address and be closed from 19th of November until 1st of December. From 1st of December the consulate will operate from the new address.
New address:
Rue l’Arquebuse 8
1204 Genève
Tel: +41 22 322 16 92
E-mail: info@swedgen.ch
By appointment only
Regular opening hours:
Monday: 10.00-14.00
Wednesday: 10.00-14.00
DIFFERENT OPENING HOURS week 42 and week 45
The consulate is open Monday 13th of October and Tuesday 14th of October.
Closed 15th of October.
The consulate is open Monday 3rd of November.
Closed 5th of November.
Honorary Consul
Ulf Snellman
Phone:
+41 91 921 23 31
e-mail:
info@consolatodisvezia.ch
Fax:
+41 91 921 23 31
Consolato di Svezia
Via Nassa 17
6900 Lugano
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Opening hours:
Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:30
Friday 10:00 - 12:00
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday closed
Honorary Consul
Elisabeth Borella
Phone:
+423 232 08 39
e-mail:
info@se-konsulat.li
Fax:
+423 232 08 42
Consulate of Sweden
Landstrasse 64
FL-9490 Vaduz
Postal address:
Schwedisches Konsulat
Postfach 376
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LIECHTENSTEIN
Starting 3rd of November, the consulate will be located on a different adress:
Sveriges konsulat/ Schwedisches Konsulat
Heiligkreuz 52
FL-9490 Vaduz
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Honorary Consul
Doris Jäggi-Lind
Phone:
+41 43 343 10 50
e-mail:
info@se-konsulat.ch
Fax:
+41 43 343 10 52
Stadelhoferstrasse 40
8001 Zürich
Postal address:
Schwedisches Konsulat
Postfach 159
8024 Zürich
Opening hours:
Tuesday: 09:00 - 13:00
Wednesday: 09:00 – 14:00
Thursday: 09:00 – 12:00
Monday and Friday: closed
Honorary Consul
Birgitta Arve
Assistent
Cecilia Nilsson
Sweden has diplomatic relations with almost all states in the world, with embassies and consulates in around half of these. Sweden's foreign representation consists of approximately 100 missions abroad and 350 honorary consulates.