The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Sweidsh Folk Culture in Uppsala, Sweden, has awarded Emeritus Professor W. F. H. Nicolaisen the Sahlgren Prize, its highest award.
In the prize nomination, the Academy notes Nicolaisen's 'distinguished authorship within place-name studies and especially his research regarding place names of Scandinavian origin in Great Britain.'
W. F. H. Nicolaisen is an Emeritus Professor at the Elphinstone Institute. His university research and teaching career spans over sixty years, and he has produced more than 600 journal articles and essays.