The Runeberg prize is a Finnish literature prize founded in 1987.

The prize is named in honour of Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Johan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finnish poet, and is the national poet of Finland. He wrote in the Swedish language....

 (1804-1877) and is awarded annually on his birthday, 5th February. The prize is awarded to a literary work by a Finnish writer in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 or Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

. The Runeberg prize is currently endowed with 10,000 euros.

The award is administered by the city of Porvoo

Porvoo

Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century...

, the longtime centre of Runeberg's life, along with the newspaper Uusimaa and the Finnish Writers' Union (Suomen Kirjailijaliitto), the Finnish Critics Association (Suomen arvostelijain liitto) and the Swedish Writers' Association of Finland (Finlands Svenska författareförening).

Runeberg prize winners

Year	Author	Title
1987	Kari Aronpuro	Kirjaimet tulevat
1988	Sinikka Tirkkonen	Luvaton elämä
1989	Timo Pusa	Tatuoitu sydän
1990	Eeva Kilpi	Talvisodan aika
1991	Aulikki Oksanen	Henkivartija
1992	Lars Sund Lars Sund Lars Sund , is a Finland-Swedish author. He studied English, Swedish and comparative literature at the Åbo Akademi University and resides in Uppsala, Sweden....	Colorado Avenue
1993	Raija Siekkinen Raija Siekkinen Raija Siekkinen was a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1998.-References:...	Metallin maku
1994	Paavo Rintala	Aika ja uni
1995	Monika Fagerholm Monika Fagerholm Monika Kristina Fagerholm is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author living in Ekenäs, Finland. She is the daughter of professor Nils-Erik Fagerholm and library assistant Kristina Herrgård. Fagerholm has studied psychology and literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1987, she received her...	Underbara kvinnor vid vatten (Ihanat naiset rannalla)
1996	Agneta Ara	Huset med de glömda dörrarna (Unohdettujen ovien talo)
1997	Hannu Aho	Kello 4.17
1998	Ulla-Lena Lundberg Ulla-Lena Lundberg Ulla-Lena Lundberg is a Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland. Her Swedish language books have been translated into several languages, including Finnish, Danish, German, Russian and Dutch.-Biography:...	Regn (Sade)
1999	Mari Mörö	Kiltin yön lahjat
2000	Tuula-Liina Varis	Maan päällä paikka yksi on
2001	Juha Seppälä	Suuret kertomukset
2002	Risto Ahti Risto Ahti Risto Ahti is a Finnish writer and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1994.-References:...	Vain tahallaan voi rakastaa
2003	Ranya ElRamly	Auringon asema
2004	Rakel Liehu	Helene
2005	Zinaida Lindén	I väntan på en jordbävning (Ennen maanjäristystä)
2006	Riitta Jalonen	Kuvittele itsellesi mies
2007	Sanna Ravi	Ansari
2008	Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo	Fem knivar hade Andrej Krapl
2009	Sofi Oksanen Sofi Oksanen Sofi Oksanen is a Finnish contemporary writer. She was born in Jyväskylä. Her father is Finnish and her mother is Estonian. So far, Oksanen has published three novels, one an international best seller and a play. She has received several awards for her literary work.-Life:Sofi Oksanen was born and...	Puhdistus
2010	Kari Hotakainen Kari Hotakainen Kari Hotakainen is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, sound technician Tarja Laaksonen, whom he married in 1983...	Ihmisen osa
2011	Tiina Raevaara	En tunne sinua vierelläni