The 2021 laureates:

Nina Björk

The 2021 Lenin Award goes to Nina Björk. "At the brink of the possible obliteration and self-destruction of our civilization, she points to the dream of real freedom and equality as a crucial issue for the survival and future existence of mankind.” Click to read the full justification.

Kalle Holmqvist

The 2021 Robespierre Prize goes to Kalle Holmqvist. "In novels, debates and reports, he has written with clear pedagogy and a genuine class perspective about the burning issues of our time both at home and abroad, both in the present and in history, and consistently sided with the oppressed." Click to read the full justification.

Read all about the 2021 award ceremony here!

The Lenin Award

“A kick in the nuts aimed at the powers that be”. That’s how Lasse Diding describes the purpose of the Lenin Award that’s given out every year to an author or artist in Sweden, who operates with social criticism and in a rebellious leftist tradition. With the prize money amounting to 100,000 SEK, the Lenin Award is one of the bigger cultural awards in Sweden – and without a shadow of a doubt the most contentious! The Robespierre Prize amounts to 10,000 SEK and should reward a young Swedish writer or artist, who operates in a critical spirit.