Fred Åkerström grant

Fred Åkeström grant is an allowance granted every year to "a person who has worked in a significant way to preserve, develop, and / or create Swedish visor." It was named after Fred Åkerström. The custom began in 1987 by the Visfestivalen i Västervik (transl. The song festival in Västervik) in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar. The grant is awarded during the Visfestival and the prize money is 40,000 krona.

Fred Åkerström grant
Awarded for	Developing, preserving, or creating visor
Location	Västervik
Country	Sweden
Presented by	Visfestivalen
Reward(s)	40 000 SEK
First awarded	1987
Website	visfestivalenvastervik.se

Grant winners

• 1987 – Lasse Tennander
• 1988 – Åsa Jinder
• 1989 – Ewert Ljusberg
• 1990 – Lena Willemark
• 1991 – Lars Demian
• 1992 – Per Persson
• 1993 – Mikael Samuelson & Mats Bergström
• 1994 – Ola Magnell
• 1995 – Thorstein Bergman
• 1996 – Stefan Sundström
• 1997 – Finn Zetterholm
• 1998 – Björn Ulvaeus
• 1999 – Margareta Kjellberg
• 2000 – Olle Adolphson
• 2001 – Anders Burman
• 2002 – Kjell Höglund
• 2003 – Mats Klingström
• 2004 – Christina Kjellsson
• 2005 – CajsaStina Åkerström
• 2006 – Dan Viktor Andersson
• 2007 – Alf Hambe
• 2008 – Jack Vreeswijk
• 2009 – Marie Bergman
• 2010 – Sanna Carlstedt
• 2011 – Bengt Sändh
• 2012 – Stefan Andersson
• 2013 – Hansi Schwarz