Kraumur Awards is a music prize, organized by the Kraumur Music Fund, awarded for the best albums being released in Iceland.
The nominations for the first Kraumur Awards were announced in November 2008. Nominations and the award winning albums are chosen by a selected panel of Icelandic music journalist and radio show hosts, with years of experience in playing and writing about Icelandic music.
The Kraumur Award usually goes to six albums, while 20 albums are nominated. The panel can add albums to the award category, which led to six albums in the first year and seven albums receiving the Kraumur award in 2013.
The Kraumur Awards an annual event with six best albums presented in alphabetical order.
The 2008 Kraumur Awards went to:
Agent Fresco for Lightbulb Universe
FM Belfast for How to Make Friends
Hugi Guðmundsson for Apocrypha
Ísafold for All Sounds to Silence Come
Mammút for Karkari
Retro Stefson for Montaña
Nominations (20 albums):
Agent Fresco - Lightbulb Universe
Celestine - At the Borders of Arcadia
Dísa - Dísa
Dr. Spock - Falcon Christ
Emilíana Torrini - Me and Armini
FM Belfast - How to Make Friends
Hugi Guðmundsson - Apocrypha
Introbeats - Tívólí chillout
Ísafold - All Sounds to Silence Come
Klive - Sweaty Psalms
Lay Low - Farewell Good Night’s Sleep
Mammút - Karkari
Morðingjarnir - Áfram Ísland
Múgsefjun - Skiptar skoðanir
Ólafur Arnalds - Variations of Static
Retro Stefson - Montaña
Reykjavík! - The Blood
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Sin Fang Bous - Clangour
Skakkamanage - All Over the Face
The 2009 Kraumur Awards went to:
Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir for Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
Bloodgroup for Dry Land
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson for For the Rest of my Childhood
Hildur Guðnadóttir for Without Sinking
Hjaltalin for Terminal
Morðingjarnir for Flóttinn mikli
Nominations (20 albums):
Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir - Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus
Árni Heiðar Karlsson [1] - Mæri
Bloodgroup - Dry Land
Bróðir Svartúlfs - Bróðir Svartúlfs EP
Dikta - Get it together
Egill Sæbjörnsson - Egill S
Feldberg - Don’t Be A Stranger
Helga Rós Indriðadóttir og Guðrún Dalía - Jórunn Viðar, Sönglög
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson - For the Rest of my Childhood
Hildur Guðnadóttir - Without Sinking
Hjaltalin - Terminal
Kimono - Easy Music for Difficult People
Lights on the highway - Amanita Muscaria
Morðingjarnir - Flóttinn mikli
múm - Singa Along to Songs that You Don’t Know
Pascal Pinon - Pascal Pinon
Ruxpin - Where Do We Float From Here
Sudden Weather Change - Stop! Handgrenade In The Name Of Crib Death’understand?
The Deathmetal Supersquad - Dead Zeppelin
Víkingur Heiðar - Debut
The 2010 Kraumur Awards went to:
Apparat Organ Quartet - Pólyfónía
Daníel Bjarnason - Processions
Ég - Lúxus upplifun
Jónas Sigurðsson - Allt er eitthvað
Nolo - No-Lo-Fi
Ólöf Arnalds - Innundir skinni
Nominations (20 albums):
Agent Fresco - A Long Time Listening
Amiina - Puzzle
Apparat Organ Quartet - Pólyfónía
Daníel Bjarnason - Processions
Ég - Lúxus upplifun
Jónas Sigurðsson - Allt er eitthvað
Kammerkór Suðurlands - Iepo Oneipo
Miri - Okkar
Momentum - Fixation, At Rest
Moses Hightower - Búum til börn
Nolo - No-Lo-Fi
Ólöf Arnalds - Innundir skinni
Prinspóló - Jukk
Retro Stefson - Kimbabwe
Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band - Helvítis Fokking Funk
Seabear - We Built a Fire
Sóley - Theater Island
Stafrænn Hákon - Sanitas
Valdimar - Undraland
Quadruplos - Quadroplos
The 2011 Kraumur Awards went to:
ADHD - ADHD2
Lay Low - Brostinn Strengur
Reykjavík! - Locust Sounds
Samaris - Hljóma Þú (ep)
Sin Fang - Summer Echoes
Sóley - We Sink
Nominations (20 albums):
ADHD - ADHD2
Anna Þorvalds - Rhízoma
Ben Frost og Daníel Bjarnason - SÓLARIS
Dead Skeletons - Dead Magick
FM Belfast - Don’t want to sleep
For a Minor Reflection - EP
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson - Big Spring
Hljómsveitin Ég - Ímynd Fíflsins
Lay Low - Brostinn Strengur
Nolo - Nology
Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal
Ofvitarnir - Stephen Hawking/Steven Tyler
Ragga Gröndal - Astrocat Lullaby
Reykjavík! - Locust Sounds
Samaris - Hljóma Þú (ep)
Sin Fang - Summer Echoes
Skurken - Gilsbakki
Snorri Helga - Winter Sun
Sóley - We Sink
Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar
The 2012 Kraumur Awards went to:
Ásgeir Trausti - Dýrð í dauðaþögn
Hjaltalín - Enter 4
Moses Hightower - Önnur Mósebók
Ojba Rasta - Ojba Rasta
Pétur Ben - God’s Lonely Man
Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson
Nominations (20 albums):
adhd - adhd4
Ásgeir Trausti - Dýrð í dauðaþögn
Borko - Born To Be Free
Davíð Þór Jónsson - Improvised Piano Works 1
Duo Harpverk - Greenhouse Sessions
Futuregrapher - LP
Ghostigital - Division of Culture & Tourism
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson & Steindór Andersen - Stafnbúi
Hjaltalín - Enter 4
Moses Hightower - Önnur Mósebók
Muck - Slaves
Nóra - Himinbrim
Ojba Rasta - Ojba Rasta
Pascal Pinon - Twosomeness
Pétur Ben - God's Lonely Man
Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson
Sin Fang - Half Dreams EP
The Heavy Experience - Slowscope
Tilbury - Exorcise
Þórir Georg - I Will Die and You Will Die and it Will be Alright
The 2013 Kraumur Awards went to:
Cell7 – Cellf
Dj. flugvél og geimskip - Glamúr í geimnum
Grísalappalísa - Ali
Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson – Patterns
Just Another Snake Cult - Cupid Makes A Fool of Me
Mammút - Komdu til mín svarta systir
Sin Fang - Flowers
Nominations (20 albums):
Benni Hemm Hemm - Eliminate Evil, Revive Good Times
Cell7 – Cellf
Daníel Bjarnason - Over Light Earth
Dj. flugvél og geimskip - Glamúr í geimnum
Futuregrapher, Gallery Six & Veronique – Crystal Lagoon (EP)
Grísalappalísa - Ali
Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson - Patterns
Jóhann Kristinsson - Headphones
Just Another Snake Cult - Cupid Makes A Fool of Me
Lay Low - Talking About The Weather
Mammút - Komdu til mín svarta systir
Múm - Smilewound
Per:Segulsvið - Tónlist fyrir Hana
Ruxpin - This Time We Go Together
Samúel J. Samúelsson Big Band - 4 hliðar
Sin Fang - Flowers
Strigaskór nr. 42 - Armadillo
Tilbury - Northern Comfort
Úlfur - White Mountain
Þórir Georg - Ælulykt
The panel selecting the Kraumur Awards nominees and award albums for the years 2008-2010:
Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
Alexandra Kjeld - journalist with Rjominn.is/Morgunblaðið
Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið
Halldór Laxness (Dóri DNA) - journalist with DV
Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir - journalist with Rjominn.is
Ólafur Páll Gunnarsson - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
Trausti Júlíusson - journalist with Fréttablaðið
Þorkell Máni Pétursson - radio show host at Radio X
Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir - journalist with Fréttablaðið
Arndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Matthías Már Magnússon - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
In the panel for 2008 Kraumur Awards only
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns - radio show host at radio FM 957
Sveinn Birkir Björnsson journalist with Reykjavik Grapevine
In the panel for 2009 Kraumur Awards only
Haukur S. Magnússon - editor of Reykjavik Grapevine
Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson - 365 media
Benedikt Reynisson - Benson is Fantastic music blog
In the panel for 2011 Kraumur Awards:
Alexandra Kjeld - music journalist
Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
Anna Andersen - editor of Reykjavik Grapevine
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið
Arndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
Benedikt Reynisson - Benson is Fantastic music blog
Berglind María Tómasdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Egill Harðarson - web designer / editor of Rjominn.is
Eldar Ástþórsson - marketing at CCP Games
Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Helena Þrastardóttir - librarian / music lover
Helga Vala Helgadóttir - lawyer at Valva / music lover
Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir - journalist with Rjominn.is / PR and management
Höskuldur Daði Magnússon - journalist with Fréttablaðið
Kamilla Ingibergsdóttir - pr and marketing at Iceland Airwaves Music Festival
Ólafur Páll Gunnarsson - program manager and host at Iceland National Radio 2
Ómar Eyþórsson - radio show host at Radio X-ið 977
Trausti Júlíusson - journalist with Fréttablaðið
Þorkell Máni Pétursson - radio show host at Radio X-ið 977
In the panel for 2012 Kraumur Awards:
Alexandra Kjeld - music journalist
Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
Anna Andersen - editor of Reykjavik Grapevine
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið and independent music writer
Arndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
Ása Dýradóttir - musician / Mammút
Benedikt Reynisson - Benson is Fantastic music blog and music journalist for Kjarninn
Egill Harðarson - web designer / editor of Rjominn.is
Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Guðni Tómasson- music lover, historian and chairman of the board of directors, The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Haukur S. Magnússon - philosopher, musician and editor for Grapevine
Helena Þrastardóttir, Helga Vala Helgadóttir
Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir - journalist with [Rjo]minn.is / PR and management [Projecta]
Höskuldur Daði Magnússon - journalist/editor with Fréttatíminn
Kamilla Ingibergsdóttir - pr and marketing at Iceland Airwaves Music Festival
Ólafur Halldór Ólafsson Óli Dóri)- radio show host at Radio X-ið 977 and music blogger for [Straum.is]
Ólafur Páll Gunnarsson - program manager and host at Iceland National Radio 2
Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir - musician / amiina
Trausti Júlíusson - enthusiastic music specialist and journalist
In the panel for 2013 Kraumur Awards:
Andrea Jónsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 2
Anna Andersen - editor of Reykjavik Grapevine
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen - journalist with Morgunblaðið and independent music writer
Árni Matthíasson - head of panel, journalist with Morgunblaðið
Benedikt Reynisson - Benson is Fantastic music blog and music journalist for Kjarninn
Bob Cluness - reporter for Grapevine and music blogger
Egill Harðarson - web designer / editor of Rjominn.is
Elísabet Indra Ragnarsdóttir - radio show host at Iceland National Radio 1
Guðni Tómasson - music lover, historian and chairman of the board of directors, The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Haukur Viðar Alfreðsson - journalist for Fréttablaðið and punk-rocker, Morðingjarnir
Helena Þrastardóttir - librarian / music lover
Helga Vala Helgadóttir - lawyer at Valva / music lover
Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir - enthusiastic music lover and film buff
Höskuldur Daði Magnússon - journalist/editor with Fréttatíminn
María Lilja Þrastardóttir - reporter
Ólafur Halldór Ólafsson (Óli Dóri)- radio show host at Radio X-ið 977 and music blogger for [Straum.is]
Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir - musician Hellvar, philosopher and radio host at Rás 2
Trausti Júlíusson - enthusiastic music specialist and journalist
Valdís Thor - photographer and music lover
Þórunn Edda Magnúsdóttir - shop manager for 12 Tónar Harpa
