Prizes and awards
1944
Second prize in Rabén & Sjögren's competition for girls' books with
Britt-Marie lättar sitt hjärta
1945
First prize in Rabén & Sjögren's competition for children's books with
Pippi Longstocking
1946
Svenska Dagbladet's literature prize for Pippi Longstocking
1946
Shared first prize in Rabén & Sjögren's competition for detective books for young people with Master Detective Blomkvist
1950
Nils Holgersson plaque for Nils Karlsson-Pyssling (Swedish Public Library Association
1956
German children's book prize, Special prize for Mio, my Mio
1957
State award for authors of high literary merit
1958
H C Andersen medal for Rasmus på luffen (International Board of Books for Young People, IBBY)
1963
Children's Spring Book Festival Award for Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro, with photographs by Anna Riwkin-Brick (New York Herald Tribune)
1965
State artistic award from 1965
1966
Svensk Damtidning's literature award
1970
Expressen's "Heffaklump" award for Emil Still Lives in Lönneberga
Swedish Association for Literature's award of honour for The Ship of Gold
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Christmas in the Stable with pictures by Harald Wiberg
1971
The Swedish Academy's main Gold Medal
1973
Honorary doctorate at Linköping University
The Brooklyn Art Books For Children Citations for Christmas in the Stable,
with pictures by Harald Wiberg
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking
1974
Bookshop assistants' plaque "Your book - our choide" for The Lionheart Brothers
"The Smiles Medal" for Karlsson on the Roof and Pippi Longstocking
(Soviet award)
1975
"Silvergriffel" (Dutch award)
"Litteris et artibus" (royal gold medal)
1977
Detective Academy's prize for the best young people's detective story with Master Detective Blomkvist
1978
Peace Prize of the German book trade (Börsenverein)
International Writer's Prize, Wales (Welsh Arts Council)
Honorary doctorate at the University of Leicester, England
1979
Janusz Korczak Prize for The Lionheart Brothers (Polish section of IBBY)
1983
Vimmerby Municipal Culture Prize
1984
Dag Hammarskjöld Medal (Swedish Touring Club)
1985
Jovanovic Zmaj Prize (Jugoslavian children's book prize)
Illis quorum (Swedish Government)
Karen Blixen Prize (Danish Academy)
"Loisirs jeune élu par l'enfant", France
1986
Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature
Swede of the Year (Swedish Council of America)
Animal Friend of the Year (Swedish Animal Protection Association)
LEGO Prize, Denmark
1989
Honorary doctorate at the University of Warsaw
Albert Schweitzer Medal, Washington
1990
The Four Girls' Medal (Russian authors' association)
1991
Joseph Wood Krutch Medal, Society for the Protection of Animals, USA
Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters
1993
Albert Engström Prize
UNESCO Book Award, Vienna
Foreign Press Association of Sweden prize
1994
Telia's Speaker's Prize
Danish Traesko Prize, Aarhus
Honourable mention in The Right Livelihood Award, Stockholm
1995
Mickel Prize
1996
Slovenian State Medal
The Golden Ark Award, Brussels
Gold Disc award for "The World's Best Astrid" (70,000 discs sold)
1997
Bris Prize
International Swede of the Year
Willhelm Hansen Prize, Denmark
The Freedom Pen, Denmark
1999
Swede of the Century, Aftonbladet
2000
Linköping University, Sweden: Honorary Doctorate of Medicine
2001
Solstickan Match Company Award
2002
Corine Internationaler Buchpreis, Germany (posthumous)
