About

The grants are open to all professionals working with photography, including photographers, artists, curators, researchers, and writers.

• Applications can be submitted by individuals or groups.
• The grants are international.
• Two grants of SEK 100,000 each will be awarded.
• Digital dummies required.

The book may be in any language; however, the project description must be submitted in English. Books not published in Swedish or English should have a translated text added in the project description if the text is of importance for the work.

The grants are intended for book projects that are largely edited and designed. The book must not yet be published.

If you present the work as a mockup you should make it clear if the mockup is physical or made with AI or other digital tools.

How to enter

• There is no need to send us a physical copy of your photobook dummy, we only accept pdfs (maximum 100 mb).
• Upload your digital dummy
• Upload the cover or a photo of the physical dummy as JPG on the upload section

About Hasselblad Foundation

The Hasselblad Foundation was established by Erna and Victor Hasselblad in 1979 with the aim of supporting research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography. This is achieved by awarding grants and stipends to the natural sciences and photography, the prestigious Hasselblad Award and stipends and grants to research projects in photography.

Previous winners

2025

• Ting Bang Tsai - Glamorous Aunt JIN YUN
• Paweł Starzec - Makeshift

2024

• Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard - dia'fragma
• Simon Mlangeni-Berg - Till världens bästa pappa
• Mårten Lange - The Palace

2023

• Jessika Thörnqvist & Kim Ramberghaug - La Petite Ceinture (violet) – Paris par arrondissement – jeu de l'oie
• Lars Dyrendom - Peter Freuchens Private Servant on the 5 Thule.Exp.
• Lotta Antonsson - Eyes of Sliver

2022

• Ida Nissen – SCRIM

2021

• Klara Källström & Thobias Fäldt - On This Day
• Peo Olsson & Johan Willner - Heaps, Magic & Science
• Tine Bek Hansen - The Vulgarity of Being Three-Dimensional

2020

• Eva Dahlman - Kvinnor bakom kameran 1845-1945
• Martin Magntorn - Daddy Cool
• Salad Hilowle - Halima om de sina

2019

• Albert Elias Grøndahl - The City Behind the Forest
• Heikki Kaski - Life, but how to live it
• Elisabeth Molin - COMFORT 7/32/00.

2018

• Tova Mozard - Cops, Psychics and Comedy
• Alice Schoolcraft - The Other Side
• Annica Karlsson Rixon – Nakenakt

2017

• Helga Härenstam - I väntan på vad som komma skall
• Cecilia Grönberg - publikation om bildgruppen Bildaktivisterna
• Hendrik Zeitler – Satelliter

2016

• Johannes Samuelsson - Skogsbärbranschen.