The 2023 Nils Klim Prize was awarded to Danish literary researcher Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen, for her research into the history of the Danish novel, its narrative structure and its fictionality, as well as how literature relates to the world of individual and social experiences. Zetterberg-Nielsen is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Interviewer: Professor Jørgen Sejersted, University of Bergen. This interview was conducted on 5 June, 2023, during the Holberg Week, at the University of Bergen, Norway. More information at holbergprize.org.