Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation

When George Bernard Shaw received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 the prize money was donated to the newly created Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation (ASLF). The patron of the foundation is the His Majesty the King of Sweden and the trustees includes the Ambassador of Sweden to the United Kingdom.

The purpose of ASLF according to its statues is "the encouragement of cultural intercourse between Sweden and the British Islands through the promotion and diffusion of knowledge and appreciation of Swedish culture in the British Islands".

Financial support

Examples of financial grant that can be applied for:

• English translation of Swedish literature commissioned by a UK publisher
• Travel grants to British translators for visiting Sweden, and for Swedish writers coming to Britain
• Translation of works within other literary arts

For enquiries, please contact aslf.london@gov.se . 

Applications must be received by 1 May or 1 November each year.

Submit your application by email or post:

aslf.london@gov.se

The Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation
c/o Embassy of Sweden
11 Montagu Place
London W1H 2AL

The Bernard Shaw Translation Prize

In 1991 the ASLF instituted the Bernard Shaw Translation Prize. The £2000 prize is awarded every three years to a translator, for the best translation into English of a Swedish work, published for the first time by a UK publisher. The prize is administered by the Society of Authors.