Swedish Academy for Children's Books

The Swedish Academy for Children's Books (Swedish: Svenska barnboksakademin) is a nonprofit society. It was established on 26 May 1989 at the Skärholmen Library in Stockholm in Sweden.[1] It is based on the Swedish Academy. Its ambitions is to promote children's and youth literature.[2]

Swedish Academy for Children's Books
Formation26 May 1989 (1989-05-26)
HeadquartersSkärholmen, Sweden
Membership18
Official languagesSwedish

Since 1990, the society awards the Eldsjälen Award.[3]

References

  1. "Svenska barnboksakademin" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "The Swedish Academy for Children's Books" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Eldsjälspriset" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Retrieved 2 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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