Bonnierförlagen and Cappelen Damm big winners in respective national book design competitions.
In separate book award competitions recognizing book design, Bonnier's Swedish and Norwegian book publishers - Bonnierförlagen and Cappelen Damm - were big winners.
The Svensk Bokkonst prize, sponsored by the non-profit organization of the same name, recognizes the best in Swedish book design. A total of seven books published by Bonnierförlagen's publishing companies were recognized as having exceptional design:
- Tio lektioner i matlagning (Ten cooking lessons) by Lotta Lundgren, Wahlström & Widstrand
- Min man dog tusen gånger (My husband died a thousand times) by Rebecka Nordström Graaf, Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Karin! Karin! Karin! Min Engel! (Karin! Karin! Karin! My Angel!) by Per I. Gedin, Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Pappalogi (Dadology) by Manne Forssberg, Bonnier Fakta
- Bonniers Vegetariska kokbok, (Bonnier's vegetarian cookbook) Bonnier Fakta
- Pocketserien Utvandrarna, Invandrarna, Nybyggarna and Sista brevet till Sverige (The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers and The Last Letter Home) by Vilhelm Moberg, Bonnierpocket
- Skräpliv(Garbage Life), anthology of Romanian short stories, 2244
The seven books published by Cappelen Damm that won eight Årets vakreste Bøker - The Year's Most Beautiful Books - awards sponsored by visual communication organization Grafill in Norway were:
- Bokkunstpris, prize honoring the person or company for their work in promoting good book art - writer and illustrator Anna Fiske
- Children's and YA Literature - Gold - Emil from Lønneberget, Madicken and The Red Bird by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Bjørn Berg and Ilon Wikland, cover by Elisabeth Vold Bjone, design by Ingeborg Ousland
- Silver - Nattevakt (Night Watchman) by Synne Lea and Stian Hole, illustration and design, Stian Hole
- Honorable Mention - Purriot og den forsvunne bronsehesten (Purriot and the Lost Bronze Horse) by Bjørn F. Rørvik and Ragnar Aalbu, illustation and cover Ragnar Aalbu, Design Elisabeth Vold Bjone
- Picture Book - Honorable Mention - Hvor er Albert? (Where is Albert?) written and illustrated by Martin Ernstsen
- Cover, Children's and YA - Honorable Mentions - 1920 by Jon Ewo, design by Bleed Design and Nattevakt, cover by Stian Hole
- Open Category - Honorable Mention - Koblinger, written and illustrated by Øyvind Torseter