Best story 1997 (Sweden)

The Best story 1997 vote was held in Fantomen 1/1998, and the results were presented in Fantomen 10/1998.

Results for the best story

Place	Title	Writer	Artist	Votes
1	"The Ghost Who Died Twice"	Worker	Lindahl	34
2	"The Royal Palace Fire"	Reimerthi	Lindahl	33
3	"The Ghost Train"	DePaul	Bade	14
4	"The Murderers from Moscow"	Årnes	Lindahl	12
5	"The Viking Castle Mystery"	DePaul	Spadari	11
6	"The Mystery of Crocco Island"	DePaul	Spadari	10
7	"The Experiment"	Moberg	Spadari	7
	"Queen Medusa"	Falk	Olesen, Fredericks
	"Marabella"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Benny
10	"The Secret of the Well"	Avenell	Bade	5
	"The Jungle Saying"	Goodall	Cruz
	"King Fatso"	Moberg	Felmang, Benny
	"The Island of Death"	DePaul	Spadari
	"Puppets of Death"	Reimerthi	Cruz
15	"The False Tsar"	Ikonen, Hansegård	Felmang, Benny	4
16	"The Golden Fleece, Part 2: The Grave of Tiberius"	Reimerthi	Boix	3
	"The Devil's Anvil"	Avenell	Cruz
18	"The Skull Cave Mystery"	Avenell	Felmang, Benny	2
	"Bastis the Cat Goddess"	Reimerthi	Felmang, Benny
20	"Land of the Totems"	DePaul	Felmang, Morrik, Ferri	1
	"The Ghostly Ruins"	Reimerthi	Boix
	"The Golden Fleece, Part 1: Argo"	Reimerthi	Leppänen
	"The Golden Fleece, Part 4"	Reimerthi	Boix
	"The Gold Robbers"	Goodall	Boix
25	"Revenge of the Navajo"	DePaul	Cruz	0
	"The Golden Fleece, Part 3: Medea's Revenge"	Reimerthi	Boix
Total:				189

Notes

• Seven daily stories that were published during 1997 were not eligible to vote for: "The Reef", "The Adventures of Lucy Cary", "The Bad Ones", "The Hanta Witch", "Prince Hali and the White Stallion", "Bullets' Town", and "The Killer".

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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" | 2025: "The Last Viking"