Per Dybvig
About Per Dybvig
Per Dybvig’s drawing style is distinctive, with a direct, quick, and spontaneous expression marked by precision with pencil on paper. With warmth, humor, and sensitivity, the characters are often animals or fables that balance on an existential verge between the real and the imaginary. Having worked with illustration since the 80s, he has collaborated with authors such as Jo Nesbø, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, and Bjørn Rørvik for decades. Dybvig has also made a series of his own picture books for adults, and in 2024, he published his first children’s book as both author and illustrator with De Står i Kø.
Awards and Nominations
2025 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) – Gold for Forskjellige Folk. and Diplom for De Står i Kø
2024 Norwegian Literary Critics’ Prize for best children’s or youth’s literature for De Står i Kø
2024 Nominated for The Brage Prize for De Står i Kø
2022 Nominated for The Brage Prize for Grisaldo with Bjørn F. Rørvik
2019 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) – Gold for Svartfossen
2016 Nominated for The Brage Prize for Hvor Gammel blir en Tiger? with Bjørn Arild Ersland
2015 Teskjekjerringprisen (The Mrs Pepperpot Award) together with Bjørn F. Rørvik
2015 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) – Gold for Jegeren. En Fortelling fra Skogen
2014 Stavanger Culture Award
2012 The Most Beautiful Books of the Year (awarded by Grafill) – Gold for Lammet som ikke ville bli lår with Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
2013 The Book Art Prize (awarded by Graffill)
2010 Nominated for The Brage Prize for Fremmed with Trond Brænne, Kaia Brænne, Bendik Brænne
2010 Ministry of Culture Illustration Award for Doktor Proktor og Verdens Undergang. Kanskje with Jo Nesbø
2005 The Ministry of Culture’s Picture Book Award for the illustrations in the books about Grisen og reveungen with Bjørn F. Rørvik
2002 Ministry of Culture’s Illustration Award for Trillefolket. Hva Hendte med Kjartan? with Tore Renberg
1994 The Ministry of Culture’s Picture Book Award for Katten På Sjørøverøya with Karin Bang