Norwegian Music Critics Award

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The Norwegian Music Critics Award (Den norske Musikkritikerprisen or Kritikerprisen) is awarded by the Norwegian Critics' Association (Norsk Kritikerlag) and has been awarded every year since 1947. [1] For other Norwegian Critics Awards, see the Norwegian Literature Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1950, the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1939 (except 1940-45), and the Norwegian Dance Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1977.

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Annual Norwegian Music Critics Award Winners

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References

  1. ↑ "Mottakere av Musikkritikerprisen". Norwegian Critics' Association (in Norwegian)
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