Nordic Music Prize

Not to be confused with Nordic Council Music Prize.

The Nordic Music Prize is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album Of The Year, inspired by the Mercury Prize and introduced in 2010. The prize was initiated by the by:Larm conference in Norway. The first Nordic Music Prize was presented by the Prince Of Norway during by:Larm in Oslo in February 2011.^[1]

Nordic Music Prize
Awarded for	Best album from the Nordic Countries
First award	2011
Website	http://bylarm.no/awards/phonofile-nordic-music-prize/

The prize was created to create a stronger unity across the Nordic countries industry, to increase international interest and awareness of what the region has to offer musically and, to refocus on the full-length album as an art form.^[1]

The winner is decided by a selection involving each Nordic country's domestic recording industry, that lead to representatives converging on Oslo with a list of ten albums from their nation, and these are then whittled down to 12 final nominations. The final choice is made by a jury composed of international journalists and label people.^[1]

Jury

• Jude Rogers – Journalist/music critic of The Guardian
• Stuart Maconie – Radio DJ/music critic of BBC
• Eric Deines – director of A&R and Communication Jagjaguwar
• Jeannette Lee – co-owner of Rough Trade Records / Rough Trade Management

The Nordic Music Prize Committee

• Anna Ullman – Denmark
• Annah Björk – Sweden
• Ilkka Mattila – Finland
• Audun Vinger – Norway
• Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen – Iceland

Winners and nominees

Jónsi won the inaugural edition in 2011

2012 winner Goran Kajfeš

2013 winners First Aid Kit

2014 winners The Knife

2015 winner Mirel Wagner

2017 winner Jenny Hval

2018 winner Susanne Sundfør

2019 winner Robyn

2020 winner Hildur Guðnadóttir

2022 winner Benedicte Maurseth

Year	Winner	Nominees	Ref(s)
2011	Jónsi - Go	Dungen – Skit i allt Paleface – Helsinki – Shangri-La Frisk Frugt – Dansktoppen møder Burkina Faso i det himmelblå rum hvor solen bor, suite Susanne Sundfør – The Brothel Robyn – Body Talk Efterklang – Magic Chairs Serena-Maneesh – Serena Maneesh 2: Abyss in B Minor The Radio Dept. – Clinging to a Scheme Ólöf Arnalds – Innundir skinni Kvelertak – Kvelertak First Aid Kit – The Big Black & The Blue	[2]
2012	Goran Kajfeš – X/Y	Ane Brun – It All Starts with One Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes Rubik – Solar GusGus – Arabian Horse Malk de Koijn – Toback to the Fromtime Siinai – Olympic Games Björk – Biophilia Iceage – New Brigade Montée – Renditions Of You Anna Järvinen – Anna Själv Tredje The Field – Looping State of Mind	[2]
2013	First Aid Kit – The Lion's Roar	Anna von Hausswolff – Ceremony Ásgeir Trausti – Dýrð í dauðaþögn Choir of Young Believers – Rhine Gold Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi – Kerkko Koskinen Kollektiivi Lindstrøm – Smalhans / Neneh Cherry & The Thing – The Cherry Thing Pää Kii – Pää Kii Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson Selvhenter – Frk. B. Fricka Susanne Sundfør – The Silicone Veil Tønes – Sån av Salve	[3]
2014	The Knife – Shaking the Habitual	Atlanter – Vidde Death Hawks – Death Hawks Hjaltalín – Enter 4 Iceage – You're Nothing Jenny Hval – Innocence Is Kinky Jenny Wilson – Demand the Impossible! Minä ja Ville Ahonen – Mia Mona & Maria – My Sun múm – Smilewound / Rhye – Woman Synd og Skam – Lad Mig Falde Ind Til Dig / Center	[4][5]
2015	Mirel Wagner – When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day	Emilie Nicolas – Emilie Nicolas Gracias – Elengi Iceage – Plowing Into the Field of Love Lorentz – Kärlekslåtar Lykke Li – I Never Learn Neneh Cherry – Blank Project MØ – No Mythologies to Follow Pink Street Boys – Trash From the Boys Prins Póló – Sorri Selvhenter – Motions of Large Bodies Todd Terje – It's Album Time	[6]
2016	Band of Gold – Band of Gold	Teitur Magnússon – 27 Björk – Vulnicura Frisk Frugt – Den Europæiske Spejlbue Myrkur – M Danni Toma – Grå Ost & Kjex – Freedom Wig Jenny Hval – Apocalypse, girl Seinabo Sey – Pretend Anna von Hausswolff – The Miraculous Jaakko Eino Kalevi – Jaakko Eino Kalevi Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L – Sanguis meus, mama!	[7]
2017	Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch	CTM – Suite for a Young Girl Bisse – Højlandet Værket – Jealousy Hits Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Skúli Sverrison, Hilmar Jensson, Arve Henriksen – Saumur Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä The Hearing – Adrian Mikko Joensuu – Amen 2 Nosizwe – In Fragments Kornél Kovács – The Bells Cherrie – Sherihan	[8]
2018	Susanne Sundfør — Music for People in Trouble	Katinka — Vi er ikke kønne nok til at danse Solbrud — Vemod Kaukolampi — 1 Astrid Swan — From the Bed and Beyond Björk — Utopia Högni — Two Trains Alvia Islandia — Elegant Hoe Kim Myhr — You / Me Fever Ray — Plunge Mwuana — Triller Yung Lean — Stranger	[9][10]
2019	Robyn — Honey	Astrid Sonne — Human Lines Bisse — Tanmaurk Soho Rezanejad — Six Archetypes Jori Hulkkonen — Simple Music for Complicated People Karina — Karina GDRN — Hvað ef GYDA — Evolution Lil Halima — Love Songs for Bad Lovers Marja Mortensson — Mojhtestasse Jenny Wilson — Exorcism Sarah Klang — Love in the Milky Way	[11]
2020	Hildur Guðnadóttir — Chernobyl	Jada — I Cry A Lot Lowly — Hifalutin Stinako — Ikuisuus The Hearing — Demian Cell7 — Is Anybody Listening? Countess Malaise — Hystería Erlend Apneseth Trio — Salika, Molika Karpe — SAS PLUS / SAS PUSSY Pom Poko — Birthday Jenny Wilson — Trauma Nadia Tehran — Dozakh: All lovers hell	[12]
2021	Clarissa Connelly — The Voyager	Bára Gísladóttir/Skúli Sverrisson – Caeli Ingibjörg Turchi – Meliae Klara Keller – Hjärtansfröjd EP Ane Brun – After the great storm Lau Nau – Själö – Original Soundtrack with Sound Environments By Janne Laine Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin kynsi girl in red – if i could make it go quiet Nekromantheon – The Visions of Trismegistos Musti – Qoyskayga ML Buch – Skinned Baby in Vain – See Through	[13][14]
2022	Benedicte Maurseth — Hárr	Sóley – Mother Melancholia Gyða Valtýsdóttir – Ox Yeboyah – Perhosefekti Richard Dawson & Circle – Henki Sepikka – En kestä kylmää lailla ahvenen Astrid Sonne – outside of your lifetime / Brimheim – can't hate myself into a different shape Bendik Giske – Cracks Jenny Hval – Classic Objects Maja Francis – A Soft Pink Mess David Ritschard – Blåbärskungen	[15][16]

See also

• Polar Music Prize (Sweden)
• Mercury Prize (UK)
• Choice Music Prize (Ireland)
• Polaris Music Prize (Canada)
• Prix Constantin (France)
• Shortlist Music Prize (United States)
• Australian Music Prize (Australia)