The Glass Key award (Swedish: Glasnyckeln, Danish: Glasnøglen, Norwegian: Glassnøkkelen, Finnish: Lasiavain-palkinto, Icelandic: Glerlykillinn) is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.
The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia (Skandinaviska Kriminalsällskapet) to a crime novel written by a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, NorwegianorSwedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.
| Year | Author | Original title | English translation | Country |
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| 1992 | MankellHenning Mankell | Mördare utan ansikte | Faceless Killers |  Sweden
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| 1993 | HøegPeter Høeg | Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne | Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow |  Denmark
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| 1994 | SmågeKim Småge | Sub Rosa | n/a |  Norway
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| 1995 | LarsenErik Otto Larsen | Masken i spejlet | n/a | Denmark
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| 1996 | SkagenFredrik Skagen | Nattsug | n/a | Norway
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| 1997 | FossumKarin Fossum | Se dig ikke tilbake! | Don't Look Back | Norway
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| 1998 | NesbøJo Nesbø | Flaggermusmannen | The Bat | Norway
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| 1999 | DavidsenLeif Davidsen | Limes billede | Lime's Photograph | Denmark
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| 2000 | NesserHåkan Nesser | Carambole | Hour of the Wolf | Sweden
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| 2001 | AlvtegenKarin Alvtegen | Saknad | Missing | Sweden
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| 2002 | IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason | Mýrin | Jar City |  Iceland
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| 2003 | IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason | Grafarþögn | Silence of the Grave | Iceland
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| 2004 | AustKurt Aust | Hjemsøkt | n/a | Norway/ Denmark
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| 2005 | RoslundAnders Roslund & Börge Hellström | Odjuret | The Beast | Sweden
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| 2006 | LarssonStieg Larsson | Män som hatar kvinnor | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Sweden
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| 2007 | RönkäMatti Rönkä | Ystävät kaukana | n/a |  Finland
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| 2008 | LarssonStieg Larsson | Luftslottet som sprängdes | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Sweden
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| 2009 | TheorinJohan Theorin | Nattfåk | The Darkest Room | Sweden
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| 2010 | Adler-OlsenJussi Adler-Olsen | Flaskepost fra P | A Conspiracy of Faith | Denmark
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| 2011 | PerssonLeif G. W. Persson[1] | Den döende detektiven | The Dying Detective | Sweden
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| 2012 | ValeurErik Valeur [da] | Det syvende barn | The Seventh Child | Denmark
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| 2013 | HorstJørn Lier Horst | Jakthundene | The Hunting Dogs | Norway
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| 2014 | SveenGard Sveen | Den siste pilegrimen | The Last Pilgrim | Norway
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| 2015 | RydahlThomas Rydahl [da] | Eremitten | The Hermit | Denmark
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| 2016 | RielAne Riel | Harpiks | Resin | Denmark
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| 2017 | Persson GiolitoMalin Persson Giolito | Störst av allt | Quicksand | Sweden
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| 2018 | GrebeCamilla Grebe | Husdjuret | After She's Gone | Sweden
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| 2019 | JacksonStina Jackson | Silvervägen | The Silver Road | Sweden
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| 2020 | GrebeCamilla Grebe | Skuggjägaren | Shadow Hunter | Sweden
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| 2021 | AlsterdalTove Alsterdal | Rotvälta | We Know You Remember | Sweden
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| 2022 | HesseldahlMorten Hesseldahl | Mørket under isen | Darkness Under the Ice | Denmark
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| 2023 | Max Seeck | Kauna | The Last Grudge | Finland
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