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 in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar. The grant is awarded during the Visfestival and the prize money is 40,000 krona.

Grant winners

 * 1987 – Lasse Tennander
 * 1988 – Åsa Jinder
 * 1989 – Ewert Ljusberg
 * 1990 – Lena Willemark
 * 1991 – Lars Demian
 * 1992 – Per Persson (artist)
 * 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