Åsa Bergman

Åsa Bergman has worked with children’s books publishing for twenty years, mainly as a rights director for Rabén & Sjögren (Sweden’s largest children’s books publishing house and the original publisher of Astrid Lindgren). Since 2022 she is the Head of Office at the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This global award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. With a prize of five million Swedish kronor, it is the largest award of its kind.