Swedish Crime Writers' Academy

The Swedish Crime Fiction Academy (Swedish: Svenska Deckarakademin), is a Swedish organization set up in 1971 to promote quality in Swedish detective fiction and crime fiction.^[1] Originally, the academy had 13 elected members; today the number of members is 24.

Prizes awarded each year by the Academy:

Best Translated Crime Novel (Bästa översatta kriminalroman, formerly called The Martin Beck Award)
Best Swedish Crime Novel (Bästa svenska kriminalroman; also called The Golden Crowbar award)

There are also a number of awards which are not necessarily presented annually (though the two first usually are):

Best Swedish First Crime Novel (Bästa svenska deckarebut)
The Tracker Dog for best children's or young adult crime novel [Spårhunden)
Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement
Best Non-Fiction Work on crime fiction (Bästa faktabok)
Award for outstanding translations (Berömvärd översättargärning)
Special Award, given at the discretion of the Academy

Awards presented in the past:

Special Grand Master Award (for achievements in crime fiction; given only twice, to central Swedish critics of crime fiction)
Best Crime Novel Translated into Swedish – International