The Ice Pick is awarded to the author and translator of the best crime novel translated to Icelandic each year. The award is given by Iceland Noir – The International Crime Fiction Festival, The Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters, and The Icelandic Crime Society. Nominations are announced on Raymond Chandler‘s birthday, July 23rd. Chandler introduced the ice pick as a murder weapon in the crime story The Little Sister (1949).
2024
Jón Hallur Stefánsson: Hundaheppni (Blue moon) by Lee Child
Nominations
Elín Guðmundsdóttir: Beinaslóð (Benvittring) by Johan Theorin
Friðrika Benónýsdóttir: Veðrafjall (Stormberget) by Liza Marklund
Helgi Ingólfsson: Þýsk sálumessa (A German requiem) by Philip Kerr
Jón St. Kristjánsson: Fulltrúi afbrýðinnar og fleiri sögur (Sjalusimannen og andre fortellinger) by Jo Nesbø
2023
Herdís M. Hubner: Gestalistinn (The Guest List) by Lucy Foley
Nominations
Arnar Matthíasson: Það síðasta sem hann sagði mér (The Last Thing He Told Me) by Laura Dave
Friðrika Benónýsdóttir: Ríki óttans (State of Terror) by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny
Ingunn Snædal: Upplausn (Opløst) by Sara Blædel og Mads Peder Nordbo
Snjólaug Bragadóttir: Nágrannavarsla (Nabovarsel) by Unni Lindell
2022
Bjarni Jónsson: Kalmann (Kalmann) by Joachim B. Schmidt
Nominations
Árni Óskarsson: Örvænting (Zashchita Luzhina) by Vladimir Nabokov
Ingunn Snædal: Þögla ekkjan (Den tavse enke) by Sara Blædel
Ísak Harðarson: Spegilmenni (Spegelmannen) by Lars Kepler
Jón Hallur Stefánsson: Dauðahliðið (The midnight line) by Lee Child
2021
Halla Kjartansdóttir: Þerapistinn (The Therapist) by Helene Flood
Nominations
Nanna B. Þórsdóttir: Eplamaðurinn (Mercedes-snittet) by Hanne Mette Hancock
Ísak Harðarson: Eldum björn (Koka björn) by Mikael Niemi
Nanna B. Þórsdóttir: Blekkingaleikur (Henrys hemlighet) by Kristina Ohlsson
Sigurður Karlsson: Snerting hins illa (Mefiston kosketus) by Max Seeck
2020
Hilmar Hilmarsson: 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag
Nominations
Ísak Harðarson: Feilspor (Felsteg) by Maria Adolfsson
Brynja Cortes Andrésdóttir: Annabelle by Lina Bengtsdotter
Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir: Múttan (La Daronne) by Hannelore Cayre
Uggi Jónsson: Gauksins gal (The Cuckoo's Calling) by Robert Galbraith
2019
Friðrik Rafnsson. Þrír dagar og eitt líf (Troi jours et une vie) by Pierre Lemaitre
Nominations
Einar Arnar Stefánsson. Stúlkan með snjóinn í hárinu (Flickan med snö i håret) by Ninni Schulman
Elín Guðmundsdóttir. Mínus átján gráður (Arton grader minus) by Stefan Ahnhem
Nanna B. Þórsdóttir. Líkblómið (Ligblomsten) by Anne Mette Hancock
Þórdís Bachmann: Glerstofan (The glass room) by Anne Cleeves
2018
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Sonurinn (Sønnen) by Jo Nesbø
Nominations
Árni Óskarsson: Ég er að spá í að slútta þessu (I'm Thinking of Ending Things) by Iain Reid
Friðrik Rafnsson: Barnagæla (Chanson douce) by Leila Slimani
Friðrika Benónýsdóttir: Konan í glugganum (The Woman in the Window) by A.J. Finn
Sigrún Ástríður Eiríksdóttir: Ósýnilegi verndarinn (El guardián invisible) by Dolores Redondo
2017
Snjólaug Bragadóttir: Hrafnamyrkur (Raven Black) by Ann Cleeves
Nominations
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Löggan (Politi) by Jo Nesbø
Ingunn Snædal: Hjónin við hliðina (The Couple Next Door) by Shari Lapena
Magnea J. Matthíasdóttir: Speglabókin (The Book of Mirrors) by E. O. Chirovici
Þórdís Bachmann: 13 tímar (13 uur) by Deon Meyer
2016
Ragna Sigurðardóttir: Konan í myrkrinu (Daglicht) by Marion Pauw
Nominations
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Meira blóð (Mere blod) by Jo Nesbø
Eiríkur Brynjólfsson: Sjöunda barnið (Det syvende barn) by Erik Valeur
Sigurður Karlsson: Kólibrímorðin (Kolibri) by Kati Hiekkapelto
Þórdís Bachmann: Hin myrku djúp (Hidden Depths) by Ann Cleeves
2015
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Blóð í snjónum (Blod på snø) by Jo Nesbø
Nominations
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Afturgangan (Gjenferd) by Jo Nesbø
Bjarni Jónsson: Konan í lestinni (The Girl on the Train) by Paula Hawkins
Elín Guðmundsdóttir: Syndlaus (I grunden utan skuld) by Viveca Sten
Friðrik Rafnsson: Alex (Alex) by Pierre Lemaitre
2014
Friðrik Rafnsson: Sannleikurinn um mál Harrys Quebert (La Vérité sur l’affaire Harry Quebert) by Joël Dicker
Nominations
Bjarni Gunnarsson: Brynhjarta (Panserhjerte) by Jo Nesbø
Bjarni Jónsson: Hún er horfin (Gone Girl) by Gillian Flynn
Sigurður Karlsson: Að gæta bróður míns (Veljeni vartija) by Håkan Nesser
Ævar Örn Jósepsson: Manneskja án hunds (Människa utan hund) by Antti Tuomainen
Helene Flood and translator Halla Kjartansdóttir: Þerapistinn
Nominations
Hanne Mette Hancock and translator Nanna B. Þórsdóttir: Eplamaðurinn
Mikael Niemi and translator Ísak Harðarson: Eldum björn
Kristina Ohlsson and translator Nanna B. Þórsdóttir: Blekkingarleikur
Max Seeck and translator Sigurður Karlsson: Snerting hins illaNiklas Natt och Dag and translator Hilmar Hilmarsson: 1793
Nominations
Maria Adolfsson and translator Ísak Harðarson: Feilspor (Felsteg)
Lina Bengtsdotter and translator Brynja Cortes Andrésdóttir: Annabelle
Hannelore Cayre and translator Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir: Múttan (La Daronne)
Robert Galbraith and translator Uggi Jónsson: Gauksins gal (The Cuckoo's Calling)Pierre Lemaitre and translator Friðrik Rafnsson. Þrír dagar og eitt líf (Troi jours et une vie)
Nominations
Stefan Ahnhem and translator Elínar Guðmundsdóttur. Mínus átján gráður (Arton grader minus)
Anne Cleeves and translator Þórdís Bachmann: Glerstofan (The glass room)
Anne Mette Hancock and translator Nanna B. Þórsdóttir. Líkblómið (Ligblomsten)
Ninni Schulman and translator Einar Arnar Stefánsson. Stúlkan með snjóinn í hárinu (Flickan med snö i håret)Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Sonurinn (Sønnen)
Nominations
A.J. Finn and translator Friðrika Benónýsdóttir: Konan í glugganum (The Woman in the Window)
Dolores Redondo and translator Sigrún Ástríður Eiríksdóttir: Ósýnilegi verndarinn (El guardián invisible)
Iain Reid and translator Árni Óskarsson: Ég er að spá í að slútta þessu (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Leila Slimani and translator Friðrik Rafnsson: Barnagæla (Chanson douce)Ann Cleeves and translator Snjólaug Bragadóttir: Hrafnamyrkur (Raven Black)
Nominations
E. O. Chirovici and translator Magnea J. Matthíasdóttir: Speglabókin (The Book of Mirrors)
Shari Lapena and translator Ingunn Snædal: Hjónin við hliðina (The Couple Next Door)
Deon Meyer and translator Þórdís Bachmann: 13 tímar (13 uur)
Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Löggan (Politi)Marion Pauw og þýðandinn Ragna Sigurðardóttir: Konan í myrkrinu (Daglicht)
Nominations
Ann Cleeves and translator Þórdís Bachmann: Hin myrku djúp (Hidden Depths)
Kati Hiekkapelto and translator Sigurður Karlsson: Kólibrímorðin (Kolibri)
Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Meira blóð (Mere blod)
Erik Valeur and translator Eiríkur Brynjólfsson: Sjöunda barnið (Det syvende barn)Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Blóð í snjónum (Blod på snø)
Nominations
Paula Hawkins and translator Bjarni Jónsson: Konan í lestinni (The Girl on the Train)
Pierre Lemaitre and translator Friðrik Rafnsson: Alex (Alex)
Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Afturgangan (Gjenferd)
Viveca Sten and translator Elín Guðmundsdóttir: Syndlaus (I grunden utan skuld)Joël Dicker and translator Friðrik Rafnsson: Sannleikurinn um mál Harrys Quebert (La Vérité sur l’affaire Harry Quebert)
Nominations
Gillian Flynn and translator Bjarni Jónsson: Hún er horfin (Gone Girl)
Jo Nesbø and translator Bjarni Gunnarsson: Brynhjarta (Panserhjerte)
Håkan Nesser and translator Ævar Örn Jósepsson: Manneskja án hunds (Människa utan hund)
Antti Tuomainen and translator Sigurður Karlsson: Að gæta bróður míns (Veljeni vartija)