Melsom Prize

The Melsom Prize (Norwegian: 'Melsom-prisen') is a Norwegian literary award.

It is given annually to a writer or translator who writes in Nynorsk, for a work published during the preceding year.

The prize was established in 1922 by the shipowner Ferdinand Melsom.

The prize sum was 40,000 Norwegian kroner in 2015.

[1] The following have received the prize:[2][3]