Awards:

2010 - Icelandic Booksellter's Award: Árstíðirnar (Seasons) (As the best children's book of the year)

2008 - Reykjavik City Artist

2007 - Icelandic Bookseller's Award: Gælur, fælur og þvælur (As the best children's book of the year)

2006 - The Guðmundur Böðvarsson Poetry Award

2005 - Icelandic Bookseller's Award: Hættur og mörk (As the best poetry book of the year)

2004 - The Reykjavik City Children's Literature Prize: Greppikló (The Gruffalo) by Julia Donaldson (For translation)

2001 - IBBY Iceland Award: For his writings for children

2001 - Icelandic Bookseller's Award

1998 - The Reykjavik City Children's Literature Prize: Halastjarna (Comet)

1998 - The Jónas Hallgrímsson Award

1993 - IBBY Iceland Award: For his writings for children

1992 - The Reykjavík City Childen's Literature Prize: Óðfluga (Fastfly)

Nominations:

2010 - The Icelandic Translation Prize: Lér konungur (King Lear) by William Shakespeare

2001 - International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Blue Tower

1999 - The Nordic Council''s Literature Prize: Brotahöfuð (Blue Tower)

1998 - Aristeion; The European Literature Award: Blue Tower (Shortlisted with 5 other books)

1997 - DV Cultural Prize for Literature: Brotahöfuð (Blue Tower)