Editing Birgit Nilsson (section)

== Legacy ==
Three years after Nilsson's death, in December 2008, the Birgit Nilsson Foundation announced that it would award a prize every two to three years to a concert or opera singer, a classical or opera conductor, or a specific production by an opera company. The prize was funded by Nilsson herself. The foundation said that Nilsson had chosen the first winner, to be announced in early 2009.

On 20 February 2009, Spanish tenor [[Plácido Domingo]] was announced as the inaugural recipient of the prize, which carried with it a cash award of $1,000,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/domingo%20awarded%201%20million%20prize_1095650 |title=Placido Domingo &#124; Domingo Awarded $1 Million Prize |publisher=Contactmusic |date=20 February 2009 |access-date=23 September 2011}}</ref> The first award ceremony took place in the Royal Swedish Opera on 13 October 2009. King [[Carl XVI Gustaf]] of Sweden personally presented the prize to the designated winner. A jury has been set up by the foundation to make recommendations for future prizes.<ref>[[Dave Itzkoff]]: [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/arts/music/06arts-FORCLASSICAL_BRF.html "For Classical Music, a $1 Million Prize"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 5 December 2008</ref> The second winner of the Birgit Nilsson prize was [[Riccardo Muti]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12761742 |work=[[BBC News]]|title=Riccardo Muti wins Birgit Nilsson Prize |date=16 March 2011}}</ref> who received the award in Stockholm on 13 October 2011. On 9 April 2014 it was announced that the third recipient of the prize would be the Vienna Philharmonic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/arts/music/vienna-orchestra-to-receive-1-million-birgit-nilsson-prize.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Vienna Orchestra to Receive $1 Million Birgit Nilsson Prize |date=9 April 2014}}</ref>

A [[Pågatågen]] train has been named for Nilsson by operator [[Skånetrafiken]], with the train ''Birgit Nilsson'' being the first in the new [[X61 (railcar)|X61]] series to depart [[Malmö Central Station]] in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Häng med ombord på nya Pågatågen |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2009-12-04/hang-med-ombord-pa-nya-pagatagen |last=Stendahl |first=Sandra |date=2009-12-04 |access-date=2023-02-28 |work=[[Sydsvenskan]] |last2=Andersson |first2=Elisabeth |language=sv}}</ref>

On 6 April 2011, the [[Bank of Sweden]] announced that Nilsson's portrait will feature on the 500 [[Swedish krona|kronor]] banknote, beginning in October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riksbank.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=46685 |title=Sveriges Riksbank/Riksbanken – Sweden's new banknotes and coins |publisher=Riksbank.com |access-date=23 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927172146/http://www.riksbank.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=46685 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thelocal.se/33042/20110406 |access-date=7 April 2011 |title=Ingmar Bergman to adorn new Swedish banknotes |date=6 April 2011 |author=Peter Vinthagen Simpson}}</ref>