Fred Åkeström grant is an allowance granted every year to "a person who has worked in a significant way to preserve, develop, and / or create Swedish visor." It was named after Fred Åkerström. The custom began in 1987 by the Visfestivalen i Västervik [sv] (transl. The song festival in Västervik) in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar. The grant is awarded during the Visfestival and the prize money is 40,000 krona.^[1]

• 1987 – Lasse Tennander [sv]
• 1988 – Åsa Jinder
• 1989 – Ewert Ljusberg
• 1990 – Lena Willemark
• 1991 – Lars Demian [sv]
• 1992 – Per Persson [sv]
• 1993 – Mikael Samuelson & Mats Bergström
• 1994 – Ola Magnell
• 1995 – Thorstein Bergman [sv]
• 1996 – Stefan Sundström
• 1997 – Finn Zetterholm [sv]
• 1998 – Björn Ulvaeus
• 1999 – Margareta Kjellberg [sv]
• 2000 – Olle Adolphson
• 2001 – Anders Burman [sv]
• 2002 – Kjell Höglund
• 2003 – Mats Klingström [sv]
• 2004 – Christina Kjellsson [sv]
• 2005 – CajsaStina Åkerström
• 2006 – Dan Viktor Andersson [sv]
• 2007 – Alf Hambe
• 2008 – Jack Vreeswijk
• 2009 – Marie Bergman
• 2010 – Sanna Carlstedt [sv]
• 2011 – Bengt Sändh [sv]
• 2012 – Stefan Andersson
• 2013 – Hansi Schwarz [sv]