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The Glass Key award (Swedish: Glasnyckeln) 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 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, Norwegian or Swedish author. Each country's members put forth a candidate novel, making up the shortlist.

Winners

Year	Author	Original Title	English Title	Country
1992	MankellHenning Mankell	Mördare utan ansikte	Faceless Killers	Sweden
1993	HøegPeter Høeg	Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Denmark
1994	SmågeKim Småge	Sub Rosa		Norway
1995	LarsenErik Otto Larsen	Masken i spejlet		Denmark
1996	SkagenFredrik Skagen	Nattsug	Night Swoon	Norway
1997	FossumKarin Fossum	Se dig ikke tilbake!	Don't Look Back	Norway
1998	NesbøJo Nesbø	Flaggermusmannen	The Bat Man	Norway
1999	DavidsenLeif Davidsen	Limes billede	Lime's Photograph	Denmark
2000	NesserHåkan Nesser	Carambole		Sweden
2001	AlvtegenKarin Alvtegen	Saknad	Missing	Sweden
2002	IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason	Mýrin	Tainted Blood	Iceland
2003	IndriðasonArnaldur Indriðason	Grafarþögn	Silence of the Grave	Iceland
2004	AustKurt Aust (Kurt Østergaard)	Hjemsøkt	Haunted	Norway/ Denmark
2005	RoslundAnders Roslund & Börje Hellström	Odjuret	Beast	Sweden
2006	LarssonStieg Larsson	Män som hatar kvinnor	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Sweden
2007	RönkäMatti Rönkä	Ystävät kaukana	Far away friends	Finland
2008	LarssonStieg Larsson	Luftslottet som sprängdes	The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest	Sweden
2009	TheorinJohan Theorin	Nattfåk	The Darkest Room	Sweden

External links

• (Swedish) Glass Key winners (through 2004)