| Year: | 1917 |
| Number: | 18-0 |
| Nominee 1: | |
| Name: | Johan Bojer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1872 |
| Year, death: | 1959 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | NO (NORWAY) |
| Nominee 2: | |
| Name: | Olaf Bull |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1883 |
| Year, death: | 1933 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | NO (NORWAY) |
| Nominee 3: | |
| Name: | Jeppe Aakjaer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1866 |
| Year, death: | 1930 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | DK (DENMARK) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Christen Collin |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Literature historian, professor |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NO (NORWAY) |
| Comment: | C. Collin proposes that the Prize be shared either by the Norwegians J. Bojer and O. Bull, or by J. Bojer and the Dane J. Aakjaer. |