{{Short description|Norwegian comics award}} '''The Sproing Award''' is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum (NTF), an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the ''Best Norwegian Strips'', a comic strip or comic book by a Norwegian, and ''Best Translated Strips'', an international comic strip/comic book translated into Norwegian. Since 2003, there has also been awarded a Sproing for ''Best Comics Debut''.
At NTF's annual meeting, a jury is selected which reads all publications of the year and choose five nominees for the national and international classes, and three nominees for the debut class. Initially, voting was exclusive to NTF members, but has been opened to the public in the 2000s.
==Best translated comics== *1987: Carl Barks, for ''Donald Duck: I det gamle Persia'' (Egmont Serieforlaget) *1988: Bill Watterson, for ''Tommy & Tigern #1'' (''Calvin & Hobbes'') (Semic) *1989: Brian Bolland and Alan Moore, for ''Det glade vanvidd'' (Semic) *1990: Francois Bourgeon, for ''Skumringens venner'' (''Les compagnons de crépuscule'') (Cappelen) *1991: Don Rosa, for ''Donald Duck: Tilbake til Xanadu'' (Egmont Serieforlaget) *1992: Peter Madsen and others, for ''Valhall: Frøyas smykke'' (Semic) *1993: Art Spiegelman, for ''Maus'' (Cappelen) *1994: Daniel Clowes, for ''"Blå Italienske Greier" i Fidus'' (No Comprendo Press) *1995: Gary Larson, for ''"Madame Qs forbannelse" i Larsons gale verden'' (Bladkompaniet) *1996: Neil Gaiman and others, for ''Sandman: Lyden av vingeslag'' (Bladkompaniet) *1997: Carl Barks, for ''"Marco Polos skatt" i Donald Duck & Co nr. 27'' (Egmont) *1998: Jeff Smith, for ''Bone: Flukten fra Boneville'' (Bladkompaniet) *1999: Quino, for ''1 side i Larsons gale verden nr. 4'' (Bladkompaniet) *2000: ** Jean Giraud, for ''Blueberry: Geronimo'' (Egmont Serieforlaget) ** Jeff Smith, for ''Bone: Det store kuveddeløpet'' (Bladkompaniet) *2001: Martin Kellerman, for ''Rocky-sekvenser i Pondus nr. 1-4'' (Bladkompaniet) *2002: Daniel Clowes, for ''Ghost World'' (No Comprendo Press) *2003: Peter Madsen, for ''Menneskesønnen'' (Det norske bibelselskap) *2004: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, for ''League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, del 2'' (Schibsted Forlagene) *2005: Marjane Satrapi, for ''Persepolis'' (No Comprendo Press) *2006: Joann Sfar, for ''Rabbinerens Katt'' (''Le chat du rabbin'') (Egmont Serieforlaget)<ref name="Serienett winners">{{cite web | last =Serienett | title = Kaltenborn, Ask og Sfar vant Sproing | date = March 3, 2007 | url =http://www.serienett.no/article/455/kaltenborn-ask-og-sfar-vant-sproing }}{{in lang|no}}</ref> *2008: David B., for ''Epileptisk'' (''l'Ascension du Haut Mal'') (No Comprendo Press)<ref name="Serienett winners2">{{cite web | last =Serienett | title =Sproing til Lilleeng, David B. og Wærness | date =March 3, 2008 | url =http://www.serienett.no/article/661/sproing-til-lilleeng-david-b-og-warness | url-status=dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110723171423/http://www.serienett.no/article/661/sproing-til-lilleeng-david-b-og-warness | archivedate =July 23, 2011 }}{{in lang|no}}</ref>
==Best Norwegian comics == *1987: Tor Bomann-Larsen, for ''Drama i Bayern'' (Cappelen) *1988: ** Arild Midthun and Terje Nordberg, for ''Troll: Sølvskatten'' (Bladkompaniet), ** Christopher Nielsen, for ''En fettsugers bekjennelser'' (Semic) *1989: Christopher Nielsen, for ''UR i Rummpfftillfftooo? nr. 3'' (self published) *1990: Bjørn Ousland and Eirik Ildahl, for ''Solruns saga: Nattlys'' (Bladkompaniet) *1991: Morten Myklebust and Kåre Holt, for ''Kristina av Tunsberg'' (Mykle Illustrasjoner) *1992: Inka-Lill, for ''Ridderne av Dor 1: Hjertets knekt'' (Bladkompaniet) *1993: Steffen Kverneland, for ''Jonas Fjeld: De knyttede never'' (TEGN A/Lbum) *1994: Siri Dokken and Baard Enoksen, for ''Kongens Mann'' (Cappelen) *1995: Jason, for ''Lomma full av regn'' (TEGN A/Lbum) *1996: Inka-Lill, for ''Ridderne av Dor 4: Lovens Bokstav'' (Bladkompaniet) *1997: Tore Strand Olsen, for ''"Tore Hund" i Forresten nr. 4'' (Jippi Forlag) *1998: Frode Øverli, for ''Pondus: Alt for Norge'' (Bladkompaniet) *1999: Karine Haaland, for ''"Angsten eter sjelen" i Våre venner menneskene'' (Bladkompaniet) *2000: Jason, for ''Mjau Mjau 10: Si meg en ting'' (Jippi Forlag) *2001: Odd Henning Skyllingstad, for ''Serie uten tittel i Forresten nr. 11'' (Jippi Forlag) *2002: Ronny Haugeland, for ''Downs Duck i bl.a. Forresten'' (Jippi Forlag) *2003: Frode Øverli, for ''Pondus julespesial'' (Schibsted) *2004: Lars Fiske and Steffen Kverneland, for ''Olaf G'' (No Comprendo Press) *2005: Christopher Nielsen, for ''Uflaks'' (No Comprendo Press) *2006: Bendik von Kaltenborn, for ''Seks sultne menn'' (Dongery)<ref name="Serienett winners"/> *2007: Sigbjørn Lilleeng, for ''Nebelgrad Blues 3'' (Jippi Forlag)<ref name="Serienett winners2"/> *2008: Pushwagner, for ''Soft City'' (No Comprendo Press).<ref name=sproing>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Sproingprisen |first=Øyvind |last=Holen |author-link=Øyvind Holen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Sproingprisen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=2 September 2019}}</ref> *2009: Bendik Kaltenborn, for ''Serier som vil deg vel'' (No Comprendo Press).<ref name=sproing/> *2010: Sindre Goksøyr, for ''Hrmf!'' (Dongery Forlag).<ref name=sproing/> *2011: Børge Lund, for ''Lunch'' (Egmont Serieforlaget).<ref name=sproing/> *2012: Øyvind Holen and Mikael Noguchi, for ''Drabant'' (Cappelen Damm).<ref name=sproing/> *2013: Knut Nærum, Tormod Løkling and Arild Midthun, for ''Donald Duck julealbum: Skrues barndom: Kampen om jula'' (Egmont Serieforlaget).<ref name=sproing/> *2014: Bjarte Agdestein, Endre Skandfer and Ronald Kabícek, for ''Krüger & Krogh 1: Brennpunkt Oslo'' (Egmont Serieforlaget).<ref name=sproing/> *2015: Lars Fiske, for ''Automobilfabrikken Fiske'' (No Comprendo Press).<ref name=sproing/> *2016: Håkon Aasnes, for ''Smørbukk: Jula 2016'' (Norsk Barneblad).<ref name=sproing/> *2017: Øyvind Sagåsen, for ''Radio Gaga'' (in ''Pondus'').<ref name=sproing/> *2018: Lise Myhre, for ''Nemi''.<ref name=sproing/> *2019: Jens K. Styve, for ''Dunce''.<ref name=sproing/> *2020: Thore Hansen, for ''Euffen og Solan''.<ref name=sproing/> *2021: Therese G. Eide, for ''Intet nytt fra hjemmefronten''.<ref name=sproing/> *2022: Torbjørn Lien, for ''Kollektivet''.<ref name=sproing/> *2023: Nils Axle Kanten, for ''Hjalmar''.<ref name=sproing/>
==Best debut== *2003: Siri Pettersen, for ''Anti-Klimaks'' (bl.a. Schibsted Forlagene) *2004: Bjørn Sortland and Øyvind Torseter, for ''On the road again, again'' (No Comprendo Press) *2005: Astrid Hansen, for ''Serier uten tittel'' (in ''Nemi'') (Egmont Serieforlaget) *2006: Lene Ask, for ''Hitler, Jesus og farfar'' (Jippi Forlag)<ref name="Serienett winners"/> *2008: Gunnar Wærness, for ''Bli verden'' (Oktober forlag)<ref name="Serienett winners2"/>
==Sources== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} * [http://www.tegneserier.no/ntf/sproing.asp?kID=542&side=2401&sprk=1 NTF Sproing Award info] {{in lang|no}} ;Footnotes {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.tegneserier.no/sproing/ Sproing Award official site] {{in lang|no}}
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