Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists, named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam). There are two award categories: International and Swedish cartoonist.

They have been presented by theSwedish Academy of Comic Art (SACA) since 1965. There have been years in that time when neither award or only one of the two awards was presented.

• 1965 –Chester Gould, USA;Dick Tracy
• 1966 –Harvey Kurtzman, USA;Djungelboken; skapare avMad (The Jungle Book; creator ofMad)
• 1967 –Charles M. Schulz, USA;Snobben (Peanuts)
• 1968 –Jean-Claude Forest, France;Barbarella
• 1969 –Harold R. Foster, USA;Prins Valiant (Prince Valiant)
• 1970 –Robert Crumb, USA;Fritz the Cat, etc.
• 1971 –Hergé (Georges Remi), Belgium;The Adventures of Tintin
• 1972 –Guido Crepax, Italy;Valentina, etc.
• 1974 –René Goscinny, France;Asterix,Lucky Luke, etc.
• 1975 –Mort Walker, USA; "Knasen" (Beetle Bailey) andSams serie (Sam's Strip) etc.
• 1976 –Johnny Hart, USA;B.C.
• 1977 –Lee Falk, USA;Mandrake andFantomen (Mandrake andThe Phantom)
• 1979 – Moebius (Jean Giraud), France;Blueberry, etc.
• 1980 –André Franquin, Belgium;Spirou et Fantasio andGaston
• 1981 -Gérard Lauzier, France;Sånt är livet (Tranches de vie) etc.
• 1983 -Caza (Philippe Cazaumayou), France;Mardrömmarnas stad (Scènes de la vie de banlieue), etc.
• 1985 (The Swedish Academy of Comic Art 20th Year Celebration) (tie):
  • Brant Parker, USA;Trollkarlen from Id (The Wizard of Id);
  • Jerry Dumas, USA;Sams serie andSam och Silo (Sam's Strip andSam and Silo)
  • Sergio Aragonés; USA;Groo, etc.;
  • Burne Hogarth, USA;Tarzan;
  • Jerry Siegel, USA;Superman
• 1986 –Jacques Tardi, France;Adéle Blanc-Sec, etc.
• 1987 –Claire Bretécher, France;De frustrerade (Frustrés)
• 1988 –Art Spiegelman, USA;Maus
• 1989 – (tie):
  • Bud Grace, USA;Ernie
  • Don Martin, USA; strips fromMad
• 1990 –Frank Miller, USA; recreation ofBatman andDaredevil
• 1991 –Bill Watterson, USA;Kalle and Hobbe (Calvin and Hobbes)
• 1992 –Bill Sienkiewicz, USA;Daredevil, and graphic experiments
• 1993 –Neil Gaiman, England;The Sandman, etc.
• 1994 –Scott McCloud, USA;Understanding Comics
• 1995 –Scott Adams, USA;Herbert and Herbert (Dilbert)
• 1996 –Jeff Smith, USA;Bone
• 1997 –Patrick McDonnell, USA;Morrgan och Klös (Mutts)
• 1998 –Don Rosa, USA; (Donald Duck)
• 1999 –Enki Bilal, France; (Nikopol)
• 2000 –Alan Moore, England; (Watchmen,Tom Strong)
• 2001 –Jim Meddick, USA; (Robotman/Monty)
• 2002 – tie:
  • Daniel Clowes, USA; (Ghost World)
  • Jerry Scott, USA;Baby Blues,Nancy,Zits
• 2003 –Chris Ware, USA; (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth,The Acme Novelty Library)
• 2004 –Joe Sacco, USA; (Palestine)
• 2005 –Jim Borgman, USA; (Zits)
• 2006 –Frode Øverli, Norway; (Pondus)
• 2007 –Garry Trudeau, USA;Doonesbury
• 2008 –Charles Burns, USA;Black Hole
• 2009 –Jean Van Hamme,Philippe Francq, Belgium;Largo Winch
• 2010 –Peter Madsen, Denmark
• 2011 –Bill Willingham, USA;
• 2012 –Terry Moore^[1]
• 2013 –Alejandro Jodorowsky^[2]
• 2014 –Pierre Christin,Jean-Claude Mézières^[3]
• 2015 –Sussi Bech,Marjane Satrapi^[4][5]
• 2016 –David Mazzucchelli^[6]

• 2017 –Steffen Kverneland, Norway
• 2018 –Hermann, Belgium
• 2019 –Derib, Switzerland
• 2020 –Vacant
• 2021 –Vacant
• 2022 –François Bourgeon, France.
• 2023 –Trina Robbins, USA.
• 2024 – (tie):
  • Wendy Pini, USA;
  • Richard Pini, USA

• 1965 –Rudolf Petersson;91:an
• 1966 –Elov Persson;Kronblom andAgust and Lotta [sv]
• 1967 –Rit-Ola (Jan-Erik Garland);Biffen and Bananen
• 1968 –Jan Lööf;Felix
• 1969 –Rune Andréasson;Bamse
• 1970 –Torvald Gahlin;Klotjohan andFredrik
• 1971 –Torsten Bjarre;Flygsoldat 113 Bom
• 1972 –Rolf Gohs;Mystiska 2:an
• 1975 –Nils Egerbrandt;Olli and91:an
• 1976 –Gösta Gummesson;Åsa-Nisse
• 1981 –Gunnar Persson;Kronblom
• 1983 –Ulf Lundkvist;Mannen med den långa håriga näsan inETC
• 1986 –Joakim Pirinen;Socker-Conny etc.
• 1987 –Gunna Grähs;Evert and Tyra
• 1988 –Lars Hillersberg;50-talet
• 1990 –Leif Zetterling;Nils Holgersson flyger igen
• 1991 –Lena Ackebo; strips in the publicationGalago
• 1992 –Joakim Lindengren; strips in the publicationsGalago andPyton
• 1993 –Charlie Christensen;Arne Anka
• 1994 –Gunnar Lundkvist;Klas Katt andOlle Ångest, etc.
• 1995 –Max Andersson; the volumeVakuumneger, etc.
• 1996 –Jan Romare;Pyton,Himlens Änglar,Ugglan Urban, etc.
• 1997 –Jan Berglin
• 1998 –Mats Källblad
• 1999 –Patrik Norrman
• 2000 –Monica Hellström; "Ärligt talat"
• 2001 –Claes Reimerthi &Hans Lindahl;Fantomen (The Phantom)
• 2002 –Lars Mortimer; "Hälge"
• 2003 –Martin Kellerman; "Rocky"
• 2004 –Tony Cronstam
• 2005 –David Nessle
• 2006 –Johan Wanloo
• 2007 –Nina Hemmingsson
• 2008 –Sven-Bertil Bärnarp
• 2009 –Ola Skogäng
• 2010 –Anneli Furmark
• 2011 –Kim W. Andersson,Lina Neidestam
• 2012 –Jonas Darnell,Liv Strömquist^[1]
• 2013 –Sara Granér^[2]
• 2014 –Daniel Ahlgren^[3]
• 2015 –Peter Bergting,Malin Biller^[4][5]
• 2016 –Knut Larsson,Ellen Ekman^[6]
• 2017 –Gert Lozell
• 2018 –Per Demervall
• 2019 –Krister Petersson
• 2020 –Vacant
• 2021 –Vacant
• 2022 –Joanna Rubin Dranger andGunnar Krantz
• 2023 –Mats Jonsson
• 2024 –Lars Sjunnesson

• 1986 –Lee Falk, USA; (The Phantom,Mandrake the Magician)
• 1988 –Mort Walker, USA; (Beetle Bailey,Hi & Lois)
• 1990 –Carl Barks, USA; (Donald Duck)
• 1992 –Stan Lee, USA; (Fantastic Four,Spider-Man,Hulk)
• 1997 –Marten Toonder, Netherlands; (Tom Poes)
• 1998 –Will Eisner, USA; (The Spirit, various graphic novels)
• 2018 –Neal Adams, USA; (Man-Bat, various graphic novels)

• Urhunden Prizes (another Swedish comics award)

• Adamson Awards at Comic Book Awards Almanac site

• Official site (Swedish)

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