The Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation, established in 1979, is a fully independent, not-for-profit foundation. The main aim of the Foundation is to promote research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography. The Foundation also presents an annual international award in photography to “a photographer recognized for major achievements”.

The Victor Fellowships

Awards continous professional and artistic development outside the Nordic region since 2004. Two stipend winners are announced annually, one from United Kingdom and another one from New York.

The Grez-sur-Loing stipend

Awards Scandinavian photographers, or Scandinavians working abroad, with an international environment located in Grez-sur-Loing near Fontainebleau, France. The awarded photographer will be accommodated at the Hôtel Chevillon, restored by the Grez-sur-Loing Foundation. The Grez-sur-Loing stipends has been awarded since 1994.

The San Michele stipend

Targeting Swedish photographers, the winner of this stipend will follow in the footsteps of Swedish physician Axel Munthe

Axel Munthe

Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe was a Swedish psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work....

, awarded with an international stay at Axel Munthe's Villa San Michele

Villa San Michele

The Villa San Michele was built around the turn of the 20th century by the Swedish physician, Axel Munthe, on the ruins of the Roman Emperor Tiberius's villa, on the Isle of Capri, Italy. Its gardens have panoramic views of Capri town and its marina, the Sorrentine Peninsula and Mount Vesuvius...

  located on Capri

Capri

Capri is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy...

, an island in the southern part of Italy.

Stipend in Nature Photography

A stipend established to encourage Nordic nature photography, based on Victor Hasselblad's interest in nature. In collaboration with Vårgårda Photo Club. First stipend to be awarded was Swedish photographer Marcus Elmerstad.

Year	Stipend	Project	Stipend sum
2010	Daniel Månsson	"Waves"	SEK 100,000
2008	Marcus Elmerstad	"The Pilgrim Road to Nidaros"	SEK 100,000
	Karolina Tillman	"Fairyland - Nordic Legends"	SEK 10,000