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List of Nordic Academy Award winners and nominees

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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

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Actor in a Leading Role

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Actor
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1987 Max von Sydow Sweden/France Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) Nominated
2007 Viggo Mortensen United States/Denmark Eastern Promises Nominated
2016 Captain Fantastic Nominated
2018 Green Book Nominated

Actress in a Leading Role

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Actress
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1929-1930 Greta Garbo Sweden Anna Christie Nominated
Romance Nominated
1936 Camille Nominated
1939 Ninotchka Nominated
1942 Ingrid Bergman For Whom the Bell Tolls Nominated
1944 Gaslight Won
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's Nominated
1948 Joan of Arc Nominated
1956 Anastasia Won
1971 Liv Ullmann Norway The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) Nominated Ullman is a Norwegian actress who was born in Japan.
1975 Ann-Margret Sweden Tommy Nominated
1976 Liv Ullmann Norway Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) Nominated
1978 Ingrid Bergman Sweden Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) Nominated

Actor in a Supporting Role

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Supporting Actor
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2011 Max von Sydow Sweden/France Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Nominated

Actress in a Supporting Role

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Supporting Actress
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1971 Ann-Margret Sweden Carnal Knowledge Nominated
1974 Ingrid Bergman Murder on the Orient Express Won
1989 Lena Olin Enemies: A Love Story Nominated
2015 Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl Won

Production Design

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Production Design
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1931 Max Rée Denmark Cimarron Won
1955 Tambi Larsen The Rose Tattoo Won Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Arthur Krams.
1963 Hud Nominated Shared with Hal Pereira, Sam Comer and Robert R. Benton.
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Nominated Shared with Hal Pereira, Ted Marshall and Josie MacAvin.
1970 The Molly MaGuires Nominated Shared with Darrell Silvera.
1981 Heaven's Gate Nominated Shared with James L. Berkey.
1961 Eric Orbom Sweden Spartacus Won Shared with Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron.
1982 Anna Asp Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Won

Cinematography

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Cinematography
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1972 Sven Nykvist Sweden Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Won
1982 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Won
1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Nominated
1989 Mikael Salomon Denmark The Abyss Nominated
2016 Linus Sandgren Sweden La La Land Won
2017 Hoyte van Hoytema Netherlands/Sweden Dunkirk Nominated Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer.
Dan Laustsen Denmark The Shape of Water Nominated
2021 Nightmare Alley Nominated
2023 Hoyte van Hoytema Netherlands/Sweden Oppenheimer Won

Costume Design

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Costume Design
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1960 Marik Vos-Lundh Russia/Sweden The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) Nominated Vos-Lundh is a Russian-born Swedish costume designer.
1972 Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Nominated
1975 Ulla-Britt Söderlund Sweden Barry Lyndon Won Shared with Milena Canonero.
Karin Erskine
Henny Noremark
The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) Nominated
1982 Marik Vos-Lundh Russia/Sweden Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Won

Makeup and Hairstyling

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Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2014 Love Larson
Eva Von Bahr
Sweden The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Nominated
2015 A Man Called Ove Nominated
2018 Göran Lundström
Pamela Goldammer
Border Nominated
2021 Love Larson
Eva Von Bahr
Dune Nominated Shared with Donald Mowat.
Göran Lundström
Anna Carin Lock
House of Gucci Nominated Shared with Frederic Aspiras.

Editing

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Editing
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2020 Mikkel E. G. Nielsen Denmark Sound of Metal Won
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Nominated

Visual Effects

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Visual Effects
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1991 Mikael Salomon Denmark Backdraft Nominated

Director

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Director
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1972 Jan Troell Sweden The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) Nominated
1973 Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Nominated
1976 Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte) Nominated
1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Nominated
1987 Lasse Hallström My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) Nominated
1999 The Cider House Rules Nominated
2014 Morten Tyldum Norway The Imitation Game Nominated
2020 Thomas Vinterberg Denmark Another Round (Druk) Nominated
2022 Ruben Östlund Sweden Triangle of Sadness Nominated

International Feature Film

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This list focuses on films from Nordic countries that won or were nominated for the International Feature Film award.

International Feature Film
Year Film Country Director Status Milestone / Notes
1956 Qivitoq Denmark Erik Balling Nominated
1957 Nine Lives Norway Arne Skouen Nominated
1959 Paw Denmark Astrid Henning-Jensen Nominated
1960 The Virgin Spring Sweden Ingmar Bergman Won
1961 Harry and the Butler Denmark Bent Christensen Nominated
Through a Glass Darkly Sweden Ingmar Bergman Won
1964 Raven's End Bo Widerberg Nominated
1965 Dear John Lars-Magnus Lindgren Nominated
1969 Ådalen '31 Bo Widerberg Nominated
1971 The Emigrants Jan Troell Nominated
1972 The New Land Nominated
1982 The Flight of the Eagle Nominated
1983 Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman Won
1987 Babette's Feast Denmark Gabriel Axel Won
Pathfinder Norway Nils Gaup Nominated
1988 Pelle the Conqueror Denmark Bille August Won
1989 Waltzing Regitze Kaspar Rostrup Nominated
1991 Children of Nature Iceland Friðrik Þór Friðriksson Nominated
The Ox Sweden Sven Nykvist Nominated
1995 All Things Fair Bo Widerberg Nominated
1996 The Other Side of Sunday Norway Berit Nesheim Nominated
1999 Under the Sun Sweden Colin Nutley Nominated
2001 Elling Norway Petter Næss Nominated
2002 The Man Without a Past Finland Aki Kaurismäki Nominated
2003 Evil Sweden Mikael Håfström Nominated
2004 As It Is in Heaven Kay Pollak Nominated
2006 After the Wedding Denmark Susanne Bier Nominated
2010 In a Better World Won
2012 Kon-Tiki Norway Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg Nominated
A Royal Affair Denmark Nikolaj Arcel Nominated
2013 The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg Nominated
2015 A War Tobias Lindholm Nominated
2016 Land of Mine Martin Zandvliet Nominated
A Man Called Ove Sweden Hannes Holm Nominated
2017 The Square Ruben Östlund Nominated
2020 Another Round Denmark Thomas Vinterberg Won
2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Nominated
The Worst Person in the World Norway Joachim Trier Nominated

Animated Feature

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This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Animated Feature award.

Animated Feature
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2021 Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Monica Hellström
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Denmark Flee Nominated Shared with Charlotte de la Gournerie.

Animated Short

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This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the animated, short film award.

Animated Short
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1999 Torill Kove Norway/Canada My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts Nominated Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator.
2006 The Danish Poet Won
2007 Gary Rydstrom (US-born) Sweden Lifted Nominated
2020 Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Arnar Gunnarsson
Iceland Yes-People Nominated
2022 Sara Gunnarsdóttir My Year of Dicks Nominated Shared with Pamela Ribon

Live Action Short

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This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the live action, short film award.

Live Action Short
Year Film Country Director and Producer Status Milestone / Notes
1997 Ernst & Lyset Denmark Anders Thomas Jensen
Kim Magnusson
Nominated
1998 Wolfgang Nominated
2000 Election Night Won
2003 Der Er En Yndig Mand Martin Strange-Hansen
Mie Andreasen
Won
2006 The Last Farm Iceland Rúnar Rúnarsson Nominated
2007 Helmer & Son Denmark Søren Pilmark
Kim Magnusson
Nominated
2008 At Night Christian E. Christiansen
Louise Vesth
Nominated
2009 The Pig Tivi Magnusson
Dorte Høgh
Nominated
2010 The New Tenants Joachim Back
Tivi Magnusson
Won
Instead of Abracadabra Sweden Patrik Eklund
Mathias Fjellström
Nominated
2011 Tuba Atlantic Norway Hallvar Witzø Nominated Nomination was rescinded after it was revealed the short had aired on television prior to its theatrical release.[1]
2013 Helium Denmark Anders Walter
Kim Magnusson
Won
Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? Finland Selma Vilhunen
Kirsikka Saari
Nominated
2016 Silent Nights Denmark Aske Bang
Kim Magnusson
Nominated
2021 On My Mind Martin Strange-Hansen
Kim Magnusson
Nominated
2022 Ivalu Anders Walter
Rebecca Pruzan
Nominated
Night Ride Norway Eirik Tveiten
Gaute Lid Larssen
Nominated
2023 Knight of Fortune Denmark Lasse Lyskjær Noer
Christian Norlyk
Nominated

Documentary

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This list focuses on Nordic films that won or were nominated for the Best Documentary award.

Documentary
Year Film Country Director / Recipient Status Milestone / Notes
1951 Kon Tiki Norway Olle Nordemar Won Producer / Editor.
Norwegian film, Swedish recipient.
1971 Ra Thor Heyerdahl and Lennart Ehrenborg Nominated
2009 Burma VJ Denmark Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller Nominated
2012 Searching for Sugar Man Sweden Malik Bendjelloul Won Shared with Simon Chinn.
2013 The Act of Killing Denmark Signe Byrge Sørensen Nominated Shared with Joshua Oppenheimer.
2015 The Look of Silence Nominated
2017 Last Men in Aleppo Søren Steen Jespersen Nominated Shared with Feras Fayyad and Kareem Abeed.
2019 The Cave Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær Nominated Shared with Feras Fayyad.
2021 Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, and Signe Byrge Sørensen Nominated Shared with Charlotte De La Gournerie.
2022 A House Made of Splinters Monica Hellström, Simon Lereng Vilmont Nominated

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

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Documentary (Short Subject)
Year Film Country Director / Recipient Status Milestone / Notes
1960 A City Called Copenhagen Denmark Statens Filmcentral and The Danish Government Film Office Nominated

Music

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Original Song

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Original Song
Year Name Country Film Song Status Milestone / Notes
2000 Björk
Sjón
Iceland Dancer in the Dark "I've Seen It All" Nominated
Lars von Trier Denmark Nominated
2007 Markéta Irglová Czech Republic/Iceland Once "Falling Slowly" Won Irglová holds dual Czech and Icelandic citizenship.
Shared with Glen Hansard.
2016 Max Martin
Shellback
Sweden Trolls "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Nominated Shared with Justin Timberlake.
2020 Fat Max Gsus
Rickard Göransson
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Husavik" Nominated Shared with Savan Kotecha.
2022 Ludwig Göransson Black Panther: Wakanda Forever "Lift Me Up" Nominated Shared with Tems, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler

Original Score

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Original Score
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1937 Leigh Harline (US-born) Sweden Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Nominated
1940 Pinocchio Won
1942 The Pride of the Yankees Nominated
You Were Never Lovelier Nominated
1943 Johnny Come Lately Nominated
The Sky's the Limit Nominated
1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Nominated
2014 Jóhann Jóhannsson Iceland The Theory of Everything Nominated
2015 Sicario Nominated
2018 Ludwig Göransson Sweden Black Panther Won
2019 Hildur Guðnadóttir Iceland Joker Won
2023 Ludwig Göransson Sweden Oppenheimer Won

Best Picture

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Best Picture
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1972 Bengt Forslund Sweden The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) Nominated
1973 Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Nominated

Writing

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Adapted Screenplay

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Adapted Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1972 Bengt Forslund
Jan Troell
Sweden The Emigrants (Utvandrarna) Nominated
1987 Per Berglund
Brasse Brännström
Lasse Hallström
Reidar Jönsson
My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) Nominated
2007 Hawk Ostby Norway Children of Men Nominated Otsby was born in India, but grew up in Norway.
Shared with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, and Mark Fergus.

Original Screenplay

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Original Screenplay
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1959 Ingmar Bergman Sweden Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) Nominated
1962 Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) Nominated
1973 Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) Nominated
1978 Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten) Nominated
1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Nominated
2021 Joachim Trier
Eskil Vogt
Norway The Worst Person in the World
(Verdens verste menneske)
Nominated
2022 Ruben Östlund Sweden Triangle of Sadness Nominated

Sound

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Sound

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Sound
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1992 Gary Rydstrom US-born, 1/2-swedish? Sweden Terminator 2: Judgment Day Won
Backdraft Nominated
1994 Jurassic Park Won
1998 Titanic Won
1999 Saving Private Ryan Won
2021 West Side Story Nominated

Sound Editing

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Sound Editing
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
1992 Gary Rydstrom Sweden Terminator 2: Judgment Day Won
Backdraft Nominated
1994 Jurassic Park Won
1995 Per Hallberg Braveheart Won Shared with Lon Bender.
1997 Face/Off Nominated Shared with Mark Stoeckinger.
1999 Gary Rydstrom Saving Private Ryan Won
2002 Monsters, Inc. Nominated
2003 Minority Report Nominated
2004 Finding Nemo Nominated
2004 Paul N. J. Ottosson Spider-Man 2 Nominated
2007 Per Hallberg The Bourne Ultimatum Won Shared with Karen Baker Landers.
2009 Paul N. J. Ottosson The Hurt Locker Won
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Won (Tied)
Per Hallberg Skyfall Won (Tied) Shared with Karen Baker Landers.
Gary Rydstrom War Horse Nominated

Sound Mixing

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Sound Mixing
Year Name Country Film Status Milestone / Notes
2000 Gary Rydstrom US-born 1/2-swedish? Sweden Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Nominated
2009 Paul N. J. Ottosson The Hurt Locker Won Shared with Ray Beckett.
2011 Bo Persson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Nominated Shared with David Parker, Michael Semanick and Ren Klyce.
2012 Gary Rydstrom Lincoln Nominated
2013 War Horse Nominated
2016 Bridge of Spies Nominated
2020 Ad Astra Nominated

Special Categories

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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

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This list focuses on recipients of Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Year Name Country Awarded Status Milestone / Notes
1971 Ingmar Bergman Sweden 43rd Academy Awards Won

Academy Honorary Award

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This list focuses on recipients of the Academy Honorary Award.

Academy Honorary Award
Year Name Country Status Milestone / Notes
1954 Greta Garbo Sweden Won "for her unforgettable screen performances"
2021 Liv Ullmann Norway Won "her bravery and emotional transparency has gifted audiences with deeply affecting screen portrayals"

Technical & Scientific

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Technical & Scientific Awards
Year Name Film Status Milestone / Notes
2009 Steve Hylén[2][3][4] ... Won Scientific or Technical Award
2010 Sven Heden[5][6][7] ... Won
1991 Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik Won 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 subtitling
2002 Rune Ericsson[8][9] Won For Super-16
2015 Magnus Wrenninge Won (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 ... Won

Number of nominations/wins by country

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Rank Country No. of nominations No. of
wins
1 Sweden Sweden 82 35
2 Denmark Denmark 40 16
3 Norway Norway 14 2
4 Iceland Iceland 8 1
5 Finland Finland 2 0

References

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  1. ^ "Norway's Oscar film candidate 'should never have been nominated'". NEWSinENGLISH.no. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  2. ^ "Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award".
  3. ^ Added by László Schüszler
  4. ^ "Lars Laszlo Schüszler". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award".
  6. ^ Added by Lars László Schüszler
  7. ^ "Lars Laszlo Schüszler". IMDb.
  8. ^ "Academy Award Nominations & Winners by Category: Scientific and Technical Award".
  9. ^ Added by László Schüszler