Swedish occult rockers Ghost have landed six nominations at the annual Swedish GRAMMIS awards. In contrast to the counterpart North American awards show, they’ve also notched up nominations in some of the top categories. Here’s what Papa V Perpetua and the Nameless Ghouls are up against this year.
Artist Of The Year:
Ghost
Zara Larsson
Hov1
Yung Lean
Viagra Boys
Album Of The Year:
Veronica Maggio – “Sciura“
Anna von Hausswolff – “ICONOCLASTS“
Viagara Boys – “Viagara Boys“
Lisa Nilsson – “Uteblivna vi“
Ghost – “Skeletá“
Hard Rock/Metal Of The Year:
Ghost – “Skeletá“
Sarcator – “Swaming Angels & Flies“
The Haunted – “Songs Of Last Resort“
Sabaton – “Legends“
The Hellacopters – “Overdrive“
Producer Of The Year:
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (Ghost – “Skeletá“)
Elvira Anderfjärd
MASAKA
Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Johan Lindström
Lyricist Of The Year:
Lisa Nilsson & Andreas Mattsson (“Uteblivna vi“)
Miriam Bryant (“Okej att dö“)
Robert Hurula (“EXISTENS“)
Sebastian Murphy (Viagara Boys)
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (Ghost)
Composer Of The Year:
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (“Skeletá“)
Ludwig Göransson (“Sinners“)
Kerstin Ljungström (Samlad årsproduktion)
Elvira Anderfjärd (Addison Rae – “Addison“)
Anna von Hausswolff – “ICONOCLASTS“
This year’s winners will be handed out in a ceremony set to take place April 29th in Stockholm, Sweden. At the moment, Ghost set to take a hiatus from the road across most of 2026, if not more, as mastermind Tobias Forge seeks to spend some time with his family and recharge his batteries.