Ghost have won the best metal/hard rock album of the year at this year’s Swedish Grammis

Yesterday, April 29, the 2026 Swedish Grammis winners were announced in a ceremony at the Annexet in Stockholm, Sweden, as per theprp. Ghost, a multi-platinum occult rock band, entered the awards ceremony with six nominations and undoubtedly won something.

Album Of The Year:

Viagara Boys – “Viagara Boys” (winner)
Veronica Maggio – “Sciura“
Anna von Hausswolff – “ICONOCLASTS“
Lisa Nilsson – “Uteblivna vi“
Ghost – “Skeletá“

Hard Rock/Metal Of The Year:

Ghost – “Skeletá” (winner)
Sarcator – “Swaming Angels & Flies“
The Haunted – “Songs Of Last Resort“
Sabaton – “Legends“
The Hellacopters – “Overdrive“

Producer Of The Year:

Pelle Gunnerfeldt (winner)
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (Ghost – “Skeletá“)
Elvira Anderfjärd
MASAKA
Johan Lindström

Lyricist Of The Year:

Sebastian Murphy (Viagara Boys) (winner)
Lisa Nilsson & Andreas Mattsson (“Uteblivna vi“)
Miriam Bryant (“Okej att dö“)
Robert Hurula (“EXISTENS“)
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (Ghost)

Artist Of The Year:

Zara Larsson (winner)
Ghost
Hov1
Yung Lean
Viagra Boys

Composer Of The Year:

Elvira Anderfjärd (Addison Rae – “Addison“) (winner)
Tobias Forge, Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare & Salem Al Fakir (“Skeletá“)
Ludwig Göransson (“Sinners“)
Kerstin Ljungström (Samlad årsproduktion)
Anna von Hausswolff – “ICONOCLASTS“

The Swedish rock group Ghost was founded in Linköping in 2006. The band became well-known throughout the world after releasing their first album, “Opus Eponymous”, in 2010. “Infestissumam” (2013) and “Meliora” (2015), which peaked at number one in Sweden and number eight in the US, came next. The albums “Impera” in 2022 and “Prequelle” in 2018 came next. “Skeletá”, the band’s sixth studio album, debuted in 2025 and went on to become their first number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. With the exception of the lead vocalist, Ghost’s members are referred to as “Nameless Ghouls” because to their costumed on-stage presence. Known for its “demonic anti-pope” iconography, the lead singer has performed as “Papa Emeritus” on stage.