nordic medical prize nordic medical prize the nordic medical prize (swedish nordiska medicinpriset) is a swedish prize in medicine awarded by the salusansvar/ulf nilsonnes foundation for medical research in cooperation with the insurance company folksam. it is the second largest medical award in the nordic countries, after the nobel prize in medicine, and includes a monetary prize of one million swedish kronor. the prize has been awarded since 1998. recipients 1998 – lars wallentin 1999 – björn rydevik 2000 – jörgen engel 2002 – anne-lise børresen-dale 2003 – rikard holmdahl and andrej tarkowski 2004 – ulf lerner and jukka h. meurman 2005 – peter arner 2006 – claes ohlsson and kalervo väänänen 2007 – thomas sandström 2010 – markku kaste, perttu j. lindsberg and turgut tatlisumak 2012 – ola didrik saugstad 2013 – eija kalso and eva kosek 2014 – erkki isometsä and gerhard andersson 2015 – lars engelbretsen, roald bahr, jón karlsson and michael kjær 2016 – heikki joensuu and lisa rydén, henrik grönberg and jonas hugosson 2017 – gunhild waldemar and kaj blennow 2018 – juleen r. zierath and patrik rorsman