The Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer and the Chairman of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation Maria Söderberg jointly recognize the importance of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology on the occasion of the anniversary:

" High-quality criminological research is essential for understanding the causes of crime and for developing crime prevention strategies. Criminological research thus contributes to the development of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the justice system, as well as to the support of victims of crime. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field that involves several key research areas such as sociology, law, psychology, medicine, social anthropology, etc.

The Stockholm Prize in Criminology recognizes the world's leading researchers or practitioners for the application of research findings to the prevention of crime and the promotion of human rights. As representatives of the founders of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation, we cannot overemphasize the importance of this annual opportunity to highlight and discuss the latest international criminological cutting-edge research, based in Stockholm. "

In preparation for the anniversary, the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation has launched a new website where the prize and the laureates' research are presented in more detail, www.stockholmprizeincriminology.org. An anniversary publication has been published to highlight the prize and the laureates' research. It is available digitally on the same website.

Although the prize began to be awarded as early as 2006, the future of the prize was only secured when the Swedish state and the Torsten Söderberg Foundation jointly established the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation in 2012. The Swedish government allocated SEK 14 million and the Torsten Söderberg Foundation SEK 20 million to the new foundation. The Torsten Söderberg Foundation made its donation in memory of Edvard Söderberg, MD, PhD, who was a driving force when the prize was established twenty years ago and gave the prize a Swedish financial anchor. Several international organizations made important annual contributions in the early years of the Prize. For many years, Edvard Söderberg was the vice-chairman and director of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation.