La medaglia Litteris et Artibus («per le lettere e le arti» in latino), conferita dal re di Svezia, fu istituita nel 1853 dall'erede al trono, futuro Carlo XV, e premia i «meriti artistici di rilievo soprattutto nella musica, nel teatro e nella letteratura». La medaglia è in argento dorato, reca sul recto il ritratto del sovrano regnante con il nome in latino, sul verso l'iscrizione Litteris et Artibus, e si appunta generalmente sul petto con un nastro blu.
Sotto Carlo XVI Gustavo viene conferita due volte all'anno, nei giorni dell'almanacco svedese dedicati a Carlo (28 gennaio) e a Gustavo (6 giugno).
Elenco parziale dei decorati 1860 – Benjamin Leja, Carl Anders Rohdin 1861 – Per Hanselli 1863 – Carl Fredrik Kiørboe 1864 – Oscar Arpi 1865 – Elise Hwasser 1868 – August Melcher Myrberg 1875 – Laura Gundersen 1876 – Gabriel Anrep 1877 – Anders Gustaf Rosenberg 1880 – Carl Warmuth 1899 – John Forsell 1897 – Alfred Berg, Kurt Valentin 1891 – Agi Lindegren 1886 – Ellen Hartman-Cederström 1885 – Bertha Tammelin 1883 – Erik Adolf Setterquist 1882 – Conrad Nordqvist 1900 – Otto Bergström, Adelina Patti 1902 – Ambrosia Tønnesen 1903 – Julius Wibergh 1904 – Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg 1905 – Carl Grabow 1907 – Armas Järnefelt, Magna Lykseth-Skogman 1911 – Dagmar Möller 1913 – Julia Håkansson 1914 – Alice Tegnér 1916 – Hugo Alfvén, Harriet Bosse, Carl Boberg 1919 – Wilhelmina von Hallwyl 1920 – Selma Colliander, Nanny Larsén-Todsen 1921 – Adam Lewenhaupt 1922 – Sigrid Leijonhufvud 1923 – Helena Nyblom 1925 – Pauline Brunius 1926 – Carl Malmsten, Josef Lind, David Åhlén 1927 – Martin Öhman, Ida Matton, Ida von Schulzenheim 1928 – Tora Teje 1929 – Ida Gawell-Blumenthal 1931 – Louise Haberg, Gösta Ekman 1932 – Oskar Lindberg 1933 – Johannes Rudbeck 1934 – Olof Winnerstrand 1939 – Elsa Beskow 1940 – Olallo Morales 1941 – Märta Afzelius 1945 – Jussi Björling 1950 – Joel Berglund, Tyra Lundgren 1960 – Birgit Nilsson 1968 – Nicolai Gedda 1969 – Eric Ericson, Elisabeth Söderström 1970 – Georg Rydeberg 1973 – Erland Josephson 1975 – Astrid Lindgren 1977 – Bengt Hallberg, Mariane Orlando 1978 – Povel Ramel, Gunnar de Frumerie, Dag Wirén 1979 – Sven Karpe 1981 – Tage Danielsson, Hans Alfredson 1983 – Edith Thallaug 1985 – Hans Eklund 1986 – Bengt Hambraeus 1987 – Nils Poppe, Anders Öhrwall, Lennart Ehrenlood 1988 – Per Myrberg 1989 – Bibi Andersson, Sven-Olof Eliasson 1990 – Lars Runsten 1991 – Folke Abenius 1992 – Tomas Tranströmer, Harriet Andersson 1993 – Lars Forssell 1994 – Elisabet Hermodsson 1995 – Staffan Scheja 1996 – Gunnar Brusewitz 1997 – Hans Pålsson 1998 – Kerstin Ekman, Gustaf Sjökvist 1999 – Björn Ulvaeus, Stina Ekblad, Agneta Pleijel 2000 – Hans Gefors, Sigrid Kahle, Krister Henriksson 2001 – Anita Wall, Thomas Jennefelt, Roland Pöntinen, Eva Bohlin 2002 – Loa Falkman, Elsie Johansson, Staffan Göthe, Torgny Lindgren, Olle Adolphson 2003 – Maria Gripe, Gunilla Pontén, Karin Rehnqvist, Marie Fredriksson, Håkan Hardenberger 2004 – Lil Terselius, Knut Ahnlund, Lena Nyman, Birgitta Trotzig, Hillevi Martinpelto, Kjell Ingebretsen 2005 – Gunnel Vallquist, Cecilia Rydinger Alin, Bertil Norström, Agneta Pauli, Per Tengstrand, Bengt Bratt, Ingvar Hirdwall, Peter Jablonski, Irene Lindh, Anna Lindal, Jan Troell, Putte Wickman, Margareta Åhsberg, Per Wästberg 2006 – Lars Gustafsson, Johan Rabaeus, Staffan Westerberg, Inger Sandberg, Lasse Sandberg, Henning Mankell, Monica Nielsen, Bobo Stenson, Monica Nielsen, Nils Lindberg, Yvonne Lombard, Måns Westfelt, Tomas Pontén 2007 – Carola Häggkvist, Reine Brynolfsson, Helena Döse, Katarina Frostenson, Margareta Garpe, Lennart Sjögren, Göran Söllscher, Thomas Schuback 2008 – Malin Ek, Carl-Göran Ekerwald, Alf Hambe, Anders Loguin, Lars Norén, Björn Skifs, Inga Landgré, Gunnar Harding, Anita Soldh-Forsström, Nina Stemme, Iwar Wiklander 2009 – Roy Andersson, Maj Bylock, Katinka Faragó, Örjan Ramberg 2010 – Britt Marie Aruhn, Bodil Malmsten, Helena Bergström, Gunilla Nyroos 2011 – Rikard Wolff, Peter Mattei, Marie Richardson, Susanne Rydén 2012 – Martin Fröst, Claes Eriksson, Arne Johnsson 2013 – Sven Wollter 2014 – Tomas von Brömssen 2015 – Thérèse Brunnander, Per Mattson 2016 – Anders Eljas 2017 – Lars Humble, Ola Larsmo, Rolf Lassgård, Lisa Nilsson, Elisabeth Eriksson, Elin Klinga, Ann Hallenberg 2018 – Rolf Martinsson, Dan-Olof Stenlund, Iréne Theorin, Helen Sjöholm, Per Åhlin 2019 – Gunilla Bergström, Lars Lind, Peter Andersson, Katarina Ewerlöf, Erland Hagegård, Bengt Krantz 2020 – Kicki Bramberg, Lisa Larsson, Gunilla Röör, Gregor Zubicky, Gary Graden, Per Gudmundson, Sissela Kyle, Johan Ulveson, Ingrid Tobiasson 2021 – Gun-Britt, Alexander Ekman, Pia Johansson, Ragnar Håkanson, Daniel Johansson, Mats Larsson Gothe, Lena Philipsson, Magnus Uggla, Mattias Andersson, Jill Johnson, Sofia Jupither Adrian, Peter Jöback, Bo W. Lindström, Susanne Resmark, Ulrika Wallenström 2022 – Leif Andrée, Manne af Klintberg, Ulla Skoog, Michael Weinius, Tomas Boström, Henrik Dorsin, Merit Hemmingson, Tommy Körberg, Patrik Ringborg, Cajsa Stina Åkerström 2023 – Ada Berger, Ludwig Göransson, Hans Josefsson, Efva Lilja, Veronica Maggio, Shanti Roney, Annsofi Östbergh Nyberg, Gunnel Fred, Thomas Hanzon, Ola Salo, Janne Schaffer
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