Guldbagge Awards
The Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: Guldbaggen, English: The golden scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards.
| Guldbagge Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current: 59th Guldbagge Awards | |
The statuette | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in Swedish film |
| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Film Institute |
| First awarded | 1964 |
| Website | Official website |
The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981 on SVT2, and has since then been broadcast, almost every year, on SVT1, SVT2 or TV4.
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