List of Nordic Academy Award winners and nominees
Introduction This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees from Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This list is current as of the 94th Academy Awards.
Acting ===Actor in a Leading Role=== '''Actor'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1987 Max von Sydow / ''Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren)''  2007 Viggo Mortensen / ''Eastern Promises''  2016 ''Captain Fantastic''  2018 ''Green Book'' ===Actress in a Leading Role=== '''Actress'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1929-1930 Greta Garbo  ''Anna Christie''   ''Romance''  1936 ''Camille''  1939 ''Ninotchka''  1942 Ingrid Bergman ''For Whom the Bell Tolls''  1944 ''Gaslight''  1945 ''The Bells of St. Mary's''  1948 ''Joan of Arc''  1956 ''Anastasia''  1971 Liv Ullmann   ''The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)''  Ullman is a Norwegian actress who was born in Japan. 1975 Ann-Margret  ''Tommy''   1976 Liv Ullmann  ''Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)''   1978 Ingrid Bergman  ''Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)'' ===Actor in a Supporting Role=== '''Supporting Actor'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2011 Max von Sydow / ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' ===Actress in a Supporting Role=== '''Supporting Actress'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Ann-Margret ''Carnal Knowledge''   1974 Ingrid Bergman ''Murder on the Orient Express''  1989 Lena Olin ''Enemies: A Love Story''  2015 Alicia Vikander ''The Danish Girl''
Production Design  '''Production Design'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1931 Max Rée  ''Cimarron''   1955Tambi Larsen''The Rose Tattoo'' Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams. 1963''Hud'' Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Robert R. Benton. 1965''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' Shared with Hal Pereira, Ted Marshall and Josie MacAvin. 1970''The Molly MaGuires'' Shared with Darrell Silvera. 1981''Heaven's Gate'' Shared with James L. Berkey.1961 Eric Orbom ''Spartacus'' Shared with Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron.1982 Anna Asp ''Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)''
Cinematography  '''Cinematography'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Sven Nykvist  ''Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)''   1982 ''Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)''   1988 ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''   1989Mikael Salomon  ''The Abyss''   2016 Linus Sandgren  ''La La Land''   2017Hoyte van Hoytema / ''Dunkirk''  Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer.Dan Laustsen  ''The Shape of Water''  2021''Nightmare Alley''
Costume Design  '''Costume Design'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 Marik Vos-Lundh / ''The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan)''  Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer. 1972 ''Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)''   1975 Ulla-Britt Söderlund  ''Barry Lyndon''  Shared with Milena Canonero. Karin ErskineHenny Noremark ''The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten)''  1982 Marik Vos-Lundh / ''Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)''
Makeup and Hairstyling  '''Makeup and Hairstyling'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2014 Love LarsonEva Von Bahr  ''The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared''   2015 ''A Man Called Ove''  2018 Göran LundströmPamela Goldammer ''Border''  2021 Love LarsonEva Von Bahr ''Dune''  Shared with Donald Mowat. Göran LundströmAnna Carin Lock ''House of Gucci''  Shared with Frederic Aspiras.
Editing  '''Editing'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2020Mikkel E. G. Nielsen ''Sound of Metal''   2022 ''The Banshees of Inisherin''
Visual Effects  '''Visual Effects'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1991 Mikael Salomon  ''Backdraft''
Director  '''Director'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Jan Troell  ''The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)''   1973 Ingmar Bergman ''Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)''   1976 ''Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte)''   1983 ''Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)''   1987 Lasse Hallström ''My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)''   1999 ''The Cider House Rules''   2014 Morten Tyldum  ''The Imitation Game''   2020 Thomas Vinterberg  ''Another Round (Druk)''    2022 Ruben Östlund  ''Triangle of Sadness''
International Feature Film This list focuses on films from Nordic countries that won or were nominated for the International Feature Film award. '''International Feature Film'''YearFilmCountryDirectorStatusMilestone / Notes 1956 ''Qivitoq''  Erik Balling  1957 ''Nine Lives''  Arne Skouen   1959 ''Paw''  Astrid Henning-Jensen   1960 ''The Virgin Spring''  Ingmar Bergman   1961 ''Harry and the Butler''  Bent Christensen   ''Through a Glass Darkly''  Ingmar Bergman   1964 ''Raven's End'' Bo Widerberg   1965 ''Dear John'' Lars-Magnus Lindgren   1969 ''Ådalen '31'' Bo Widerberg   1971 ''The Emigrants'' Jan Troell   1972 ''The New Land''   1982 ''The Flight of the Eagle''   1983 ''Fanny and Alexander'' Ingmar Bergman   1987 ''Babette's Feast''  Gabriel Axel   ''Pathfinder''  Nils Gaup   1988 ''Pelle the Conqueror''  Bille August   1989 ''Waltzing Regitze'' Kaspar Rostrup   1991 ''Children of Nature''  Friðrik Þór Friðriksson   ''The Ox''  Sven Nykvist   1995 ''All Things Fair'' Bo Widerberg   1996 ''The Other Side of Sunday''  Berit Nesheim   1999 ''Under the Sun''  Colin Nutley   2001 ''Elling''  Petter Næss   2002 ''The Man Without a Past''  Aki Kaurismäki   2003 ''Evil''  Mikael Håfström   2004 ''As It Is in Heaven'' Kay Pollak   2006 ''After the Wedding''  Susanne Bier   2011 ''In a Better World''   2012 ''Kon-Tiki''  Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg   ''A Royal Affair''  Nikolaj Arcel  2013 ''The Hunt'' Thomas Vinterberg  2015 ''A War'' Tobias Lindholm   2016 ''Land of Mine'' Martin Zandvliet   ''A Man Called Ove''  Hannes Holm   2017''The Square''Ruben Östlund  2020 ''Another Round''  Thomas Vinterberg   2021 ''Flee'' Jonas Poher Rasmussen   ''The Worst Person in the World''  Joachim Trier
Animated Feature This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Animated Feature award. '''Animated Feature'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2021 Jonas Poher RasmussenMonica HellströmSigne Byrge Sørensen  ''Flee''  Shared with Charlotte de la Gournerie.
Animated Short This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the animated, short film award. '''Animated Short'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1999 Torill Kove / ''My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts''  Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator.2006''The Danish Poet''  2007 Gary Rydstrom (US-born) ''Lifted''   2020 Gísli Darri HalldórssonArnar Gunnarsson ''Yes-People''   2022 Sara Gunnarsdóttir ''My Year of Dicks''  Shared with Pamela Ribon
Live Action Short This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the live action, short film award. '''Live Action Short'''YearFilmCountryDirector and ProducerStatusMilestone / Notes 1997 ''Ernst & Lyset''  Anders Thomas JensenKim Magnusson  1998 ''Wolfgang''  2000 ''Election Night''   2003 ''Der Er En Yndig Mand'' Martin Strange-HansenMie Andreasen   2006 ''The Last Farm''  Rúnar Rúnarsson  2007 ''Helmer & Son''  Søren PilmarkKim Magnusson  2008 ''At Night'' Christian E. ChristiansenLouise Vesth  2009 ''The Pig'' Tivi MagnussonDorte Høgh  2010 ''The New Tenants'' Joachim BackTivi Magnusson  ''Instead of Abracadabra''  Patrik EklundMathias Fjellström  2011 ''Tuba Atlantic''  Hallvar Witzø  Nomination was rescinded after it was revealed the short had aired on television prior to its theatrical release. 2013 ''Helium''  Anders WalterKim Magnusson  ''Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa?'' Selma VilhunenKirsikka Saari  2016''Silent Nights''   Aske BangKim Magnusson  2021''On My Mind'' Martin Strange-HansenKim Magnusson  2022 ''Ivalu'' Anders WalterRebecca Pruzan ''Night Ride''  Eirik TveitenGaute Lid Larssen
Documentary This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Documentary award. '''Documentary'''YearFilmCountryDirector / RecipientStatusMilestone / Notes 1951 ''Kon Tiki''  Olle Nordemar  Producer / Editor.Norwegian film, Swedish recipient. 1971 ''Ra'' Thor Heyerdahl and Lennart Ehrenborg  2009 ''Burma VJ''  Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller  2012 ''Searching for Sugar Man''  Malik Bendjelloul  Shared with Simon Chinn. 2013 ''The Act of Killing''  Signe Byrge Sørensen  Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer. 2015 ''The Look of Silence''  2017 ''Last Men in Aleppo'' Søren Steen Jespersen  Shared with Feras Fayyad and Kareem Abeed. 2019 ''The Cave'' Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær  Shared with Feras Fayyad. 2021 ''Flee'' Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, and Signe Byrge Sørensen  Shared with Charlotte De La Gournerie. 2022 ''A House Made of Splinters'' Monica Hellström, Simon Lereng Vilmont
Best Documentary (Short Subject)  '''Documentary (Short Subject)'''YearFilmCountryDirector / RecipientStatusMilestone / Notes 1960 ''A City Called Copenhagen''  Statens Filmcentral and The Danish Government Film Office
Music ===Original Song=== '''Original Song'''YearNameCountryFilmSongStatusMilestone / Notes 2000 BjörkSjón ''Dancer in the Dark''"I've Seen It All"  Lars von Trier   2007 Markéta Irglová / ''Once'' "Falling Slowly"  Irglová holds dual Czech and Icelandic citizenship.Shared with Glen Hansard. 2016 Max MartinShellback  ''Trolls'' "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Shared with Justin Timberlake. 2020 Fat Max GsusRickard Göransson ''Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'' "Husavik"  Shared with Savan Kotecha. 2022 Ludwig Göransson ''Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'' "Lift Me Up"  Shared with Tems, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler===Original Score=== '''Original Score'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1937 Leigh Harline (US-born)   ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''    1940  ''Pinocchio''    1942 ''The Pride of the Yankees''    ''You Were Never Lovelier''    1943  ''Johnny Come Lately''     ''The Sky's the Limit''     1962  ''The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm''     2014 Jóhann Jóhannsson  ''The Theory of Everything''  2015 ''Sicario''  2018 Ludwig Göransson  ''Black Panther''  2019 Hildur Guðnadóttir  ''Joker''  2023 Ludwig Göransson  ''Oppenheimer''
Best Picture  '''Best Picture'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Bengt Forslund   ''The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)''   1973 Ingmar Bergman ''Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)''
Writing ===Adapted Screenplay=== '''Adapted Screenplay'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1972 Bengt ForslundJan Troell  ''The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)''  1987 Per BerglundBrasse BrännströmLasse HallströmReidar Jönsson ''My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)''   2007 Hawk Ostby  ''Children of Men''  Otsby was born in India, but grew up in Norway.Shared with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, and Mark Fergus.===Original Screenplay=== '''Original Screenplay'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 1959Ingmar Bergman   ''Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället)''   1962 ''Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel)''   1973 ''Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)''   1978 ''Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)''   1983 ''Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)''   2021 Joachim TrierEskil Vogt  ''The Worst Person in the World(Verdens verste menneske)''   2022 Ruben Östlund  ''Triangle of Sadness''
Sound ===Sound=== '''Sound'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1992 Gary Rydstrom US-born ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''  ''Backdraft''  1994 ''Jurassic Park''  1998 ''Titanic''  1999 ''Saving Private Ryan'' 2021''West Side Story'' ===Sound Editing=== '''Sound Editing'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes1992 Gary Rydstrom  ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''   ''Backdraft''   1994 ''Jurassic Park''  1995 Per Hallberg ''Braveheart''  Shared with Lon Bender. 1997 ''Face/Off''  Shared with Mark Stoeckinger. 1999Gary Rydstrom ''Saving Private Ryan''  2002 ''Monsters, Inc.''  2003 ''Minority Report''  2004 ''Finding Nemo''  2004 Paul N. J. Ottosson ''Spider-Man 2''   2007 Per Hallberg ''The Bourne Ultimatum''  Shared with Karen Baker Landers. 2009 Paul N. J. Ottosson ''The Hurt Locker''  2012 ''Zero Dark Thirty''   Per Hallberg ''Skyfall'' Shared with Karen Baker Landers. Gary Rydstrom ''War Horse'' ===Sound Mixing=== '''Sound Mixing'''YearNameCountryFilmStatusMilestone / Notes 2000 Gary Rydstrom  ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''   2009 Paul N. J. Ottosson ''The Hurt Locker''  Shared with Ray Beckett. 2011 Bo Persson ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''  Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick and Ren Klyce. 2012 Gary Rydstrom ''Lincoln''   2013 ''War Horse''   2016 ''Bridge of Spies''   2020 ''Ad Astra''
Special Categories ===Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award===This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. '''Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award'''YearNameCountryAwardedStatusMilestone / Notes 1971 Ingmar Bergman  43rd Academy Awards ===Academy Honorary Award===This list focuses on recipients of the Academy Honorary Award. '''Academy Honorary Award'''YearNameCountryStatusMilestone / Notes 1954 Greta Garbo   "for her unforgettable screen performances" 2021 Liv Ullmann   "her bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals"
Technical & Scientific  Technical & Scientific AwardsYearNameFilmStatusMilestone / Notes2009Steve HylénScientific or Technical Award2010 Sven Heden... 1991Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik  for the development and manufacture of the Mark IV film subtitling processor, which has increased the speed, simplified the operation and improved the quality of subtitling2002  Rune Ericsson For Super-162015 Magnus Wrenninge    (Technical Achievement Award; For leading the design and development of Field3D - storing and accessing voxel data efficiently, allowing interchange between previously incompatible modeling, simulation and rendering software.2020 Fredrik Limsäter, Björn Rydahl and Mattias Lagergren ...
Number of nominations/wins by country RankCountryNo. of nominationsNo. of  wins 1  Sweden 82 33 2  Denmark 40 16 3  Norway 14 2 4  Iceland 8 1 5  Finland 2 0
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