I want to congratulate all the winners of the Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannprisen) for 2012. Kaizers Orchestra were the winner of the highest hanging prize, the trophy that goes to one artist for exceptional qualities during the year, the “Spellemann of the year”. They also won the prize for the best Video. Here are pictures of some of the winners this year.

The price for Pop was won by Karpe Diem. They recently played SXSW and also did an acoustic gig at Leeann Atherton’s Barndance.

Ida Jenshus won her 3rd prize in the country category, which means she has one a prize for all her three CDs.

LidoLido won the prize for this year’s Newcomer.

The price for Rock went to Tommy Tokyo.

Nekromantheon won the prize for Metal.

You can see a list of all the winners here, and also videos from the show.

All pictures are © Per Ole Hagen and must not be used without written permission.