Best story 1996 (Sweden)

"The Last Viking" was voted Best story of 1996.

The Best story 1996 vote was held in Fantomen 1/1997, and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1997.

One winner received a music center. 100 randomly picked voters received a set with Phantom rings

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Last Viking"	Worker	Lindahl	42
2	"Johnny Hotwire"	DePaul	Lindahl	35
3	"The Devil's Library, Part 4: The Secret Chamber"	Reimerthi	Leppänen	17
4	"The Devil's Library, Part 3: The Hellhound"	Reimerthi	Boix	14
	"Death of Lubanga, Part 2: The Last Battle"	Reimerthi	Lindahl
6	"The Pugilist"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Benny	12
7	"Thor's Hammer"	DePaul	Spadari	11
8	"Ali Baba's Cave"	DePaul	Spadari	10
	"Guardians of the Dead"	Avenell	Spadari
	"Death of Lubanga, Part 1: The Peace Prize Winner"	Reimerthi	Lindahl
11	"Curse of the Singh Brotherhood"	Moberg	Bade	8
	"Mission to the Antarctic"	Avenell	Cruz
	"The Secret of Sasquatch Valley"	DePaul	Heiner Bade
14	"Captain Walker's Log Book, Part 2: The Golden Man"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Rancho	7
	"Blood Brothers"	Avenell	Felmang, Ferri, Benny
16	"The Snake Cult, Part 2"	Moberg	Carlos Cruz	5
	"A Bandar's Pride"	Semb	Lindahl
	"Operation Hades"	Reimerthi	Cruz
19	"The Disappearance of Prince Rex"	Avenell	Bade	4
20	"The Royal Murder Plot, Part 1: The Fatal Letters"	Worker	Felmang, Benny	3
	"The Royal Murder Plot, Part 2"	Reimerthi	Cruz
	"The Wages of Sin"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Morrik
23	"The Sea Jackals"	Avenell	Leppänen	2
	"The Devil's Library, Part 2: The Devil in Disguise"	Reimerthi	Boix
25	"Captain Walker's Log Book, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Usam	1
26	"The Devil's Library, Part 1"	Reimerthi	Boix	0
Total:				246

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Best Story Winners
Finland
1985: "The Prisoner at Capitolium" | 1986: "The Moor of Death"
Norway
1979: "The Heirs" | 1983: "Tale of Rex" | 1984: "Hero" | 1985: "Pirates of the Yellow Snake" | 1986: "The Beanstalk" & "Race Against Death" (tie) | 1987: "Devil's Adventure" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Last Emperor" | 1991: "Death of a Patrolman, Part 2: Tracking the Killers" | 1992: "The Wolf is Coming" | 1993: "Aron" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Demon's Image" | 1996: "Johnny Hotwire" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "The Last Phantom, Part 1: The Eighth Circle" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Invisible Phantom" | 2002: "In A Strange Land, Part 2" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The King of Norway" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "Dogai - The Road to Power" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Devil of Ravenscar" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint) | 2009: "Duel at Deadman's Gulch" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" | 2011: "The Gulf of Aden Pirates" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "The Slave Ship Zong" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "John X" & "Patrolman X" | 2017: "The Karabasan League"
Sweden
1978: "The Avenger from the Sea" & "Phantom Wedding" (tie) | 1979: "Devil's Story" | 1980: "The Treasure from Rhodes" | 1981: "The Legend of the Swords, Part 1: Excalibur" | 1982: "The Stone Carving People" | 1983: "The Water of Life" | 1984: "The First Phantom" | 1985: "The Beanstalk" | 1986: "The Battle on Malta" & "Devil's Story" (best reprint) | 1987: "The King is Dead" | 1988: "Eden" | 1989: "The Last Unicorn" | 1990: "The Cathedral Mystery" | 1991: "Devil's Story" | 1992: "Hoogan's Revenge" | 1993: "The Test" | 1994: "The Commander is Dead" | 1995: "The Set Up, Part 1" & Part 2 | 1996: "The Last Viking" | 1997: "The Ghost Who Died Twice" | 1998: "Return of the Zombies" | 1999: "Devil's Story" | 2000: "The Phantom vs Singh 2050" | 2001: "The Prodigal Son" | 2002: "The Long Bow of Little John" | 2003: "My Darling Pirate" | 2004: "Son of the Pirate Queen" | 2005: "The Battle on Malta" | 2006: "The Singh Brotherhood" | 2007: "The Phantom Crusader, Part 1" & "The Commander is Dead" (best reprint) | 2008: "The Castaways" & "Kingdom of the Amazons" (best reprint)" | 2009: "The  Phantom Gladiator, Part 1" | 2010: "The Cabin Boy and the Princess" & "The Dragon Throne" (tie) | 2011: "The Sons of Captain Walker" | 2012: "The Pirates' Prisoner" | 2013: "Year 1349" | 2014: "Death of a Pirate Queen" | 2015: "A Plague in Venice" | 2016: "Nat Turner's Spirit, Part 6: The King of Louisiana" | 2017: "Farewell to the Deep Woods" | 2018: "The Ghost at Gallows' Inn" | 2019: "The Devil in Stockholm" | 2020: "A Reckoning with the Nomad" | 2021: "Devil's Story" | 2022: "Saga of the Vultures Chapter One: The Haunted Castle" | 2023: "Ku Klux Klan" | 2024: "The Singh Raiders"