Seven crime novels from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been shortlisted for the 2025 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
Samuel Bjørk - Dead Island, tr. Charlotte Barslund (Norway, Bantam)
Pascal Engman - The Widows, tr. Neil Smith (Sweden, Legend Press)
Malin Persson Giolito - Deliver Me, tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles (Sweden,
Simon & Schuster)
Óskar Guðmundsson - The Dancer, tr. Quentin Bates (Iceland, Corylus Books)
Satu Rämö - The Clues in the Fjord, tr. Kristian London (Finland, Zaffre)
Gunnar Staalesen - Pursued by Death, tr. Don Bartlett (Norway, Orenda Books)
The winning title will be announced on October 16, 2025.
The Petrona Award is open to crime fiction in translation, either written by a Scandinavian author or set in Scandinavia, and published in the UK in the previous calendar year.
There were 31 entries for the 2025 Petrona Award from six countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland). This year’s shortlist sees Norway represented with three novels, Sweden with two and Finland and Iceland with one novel each.
Further information can be found on the Petrona Award website: http://www.petronaaward.co.uk.
There were 31 entries for the 2025 Petrona Award from six countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland). This year’s shortlist sees Norway represented with three novels, Sweden with two and Finland and Iceland with one novel each.
Further information can be found on the Petrona Award website: http://www.petronaaward.co.uk.
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