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Awarded for | Recognize and reward artists, musicians and creative people who have achieved interesting works in various fields of music during the year |
Date | 1969 1987 –present | –1972
Country | Sweden |
Presented by | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Sweden |
First awarded | 25 September 1969 |
Website | grammis.se |
The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards[1] were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States.[2] The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm. The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were canceled, then revived in 1987.
There are around 20 different award-categories, which have changed over the years. Swedish artists and foreign artists who live in Sweden are eligible, as are artists in other countries if their music is produced in Sweden and targets a Swedish audience.[2]
The awards are presented by IFPI Sverige, along with the newspaper Expressen.