About us
Gramo makes sure that artists, musicians and record labels get paid when recorded music is played in public, for example on radio and TV, or as background music in shops, restaurants, hotels, gyms, workplaces and other public spaces.
Gramo's mission
The music we meet in everyday life creates atmosphere, experiences and value. Behind every recording are performers and producers who have invested time, talent and resources.
Gramo's mission is to make sure they get paid when their music is used. Without a functioning rights management system, fewer people could make a living from their music, and the diversity of Norwegian music would be narrower.
55.000+ members in Gramo.
It is free to join. No registration fee, no membership fee.
Both Gramo and Tono are collective management organisations that manage rights, but we do it for different groups.
- Gramo collects and pays out money to people who have sung or played on a recording (performers), and to those who have organised and paid for the production of the recording (producers)..
- Tono collects and distributes money to people who have composed the music and written the lyrics of a song, as well as music publishers.
- Gramo is a collective management organisation. We manage rights for people who have sung or played on a recording (performers), and for those who have organised and paid for the production of the recording (producers).
- GramArt is an interest organisation. They work to promote the interests of artists and musicians.
Gramo is:
- An independent non-profit membership organisation founded on 7 June 1989
- Approved by the Ministry of Culture and Equality
- Registered with the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (Patentstyret), which supervises Gramo
Performers and producers
Behind every recording are two groups who both hold rights in recorded music. Gramo manages the rights on behalf of both, and distributes the income equally.
50% to performers
Artists, musicians, conductors and musical directors who contribute to a recording.
50% to producers
Those who finance and organise the production of a recording, for example a record label or artists who release their music themselves.
Governed by the rights holders
The Annual General Meeting is the is the supreme governing body, and all members have the right to attend.
- Three representatives for performers
- Three representatives for producers
- An independent chair of the board
For performers:
- Daniel Nordgård, deputy Monica Ifejilika
- Marius Øvrebø-Engemoen, deputy AnneLise Frøkedal
- Hans Ole Rian, deputy Ingvild Andrea Tellmann
For producers:
- Eddie Nygren, deputy Ivar Noer
- Marte Thorsby, deputy Lena Midtveit
- Erlend Gjerde, deputy Jenny Victoria Thyrhaug
Independent chair of the board
Elected for two years at the Annual General Meeting in 2025:
- Cathrine Nagell, deputy Nils Petter Hansson
What Gramo collects for
- Remuneration
Section 21 of the Norwegian Copyright Act (norwegian)
A right performers and producers have to payment when recorded music and other sound recordings are used in public. - Supplementary remuneration
Section 18 of the Norwegian Copyright Act (norwegian)
A right performers have to additional payment 50 years after the sound recording was released, when the rights to the recording have been transferred to the producer (typically a record label). - Levy to the Fund for Performing Artists (FFUK) (norwegian)
For sound recordings that are not protected under the Copyright Act, in accordance with the Fund Act (norwegian)
International cooperation
Gramo has reciprocal agreements with sister organisations in 21 countries in Europe, the USA, Canada and other parts of the world. This cooperation ensures that Norwegian rights holders receive remuneration when their music is used abroad, and that foreign rights holders receive remuneration when their music is used in Norway.
Gramo is a member of three international organisations:
- IFPI – International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
- SCAPR – Societies' Council for the Collective Management of Performers' Rights
- AEPO-ARTIS – Association of European Performers' Organisations
Through these organisations, Gramo contributes to common technical standards and policy development in Europe and globally.
Transparency and supervision
The Norwegian Industrial Property Office (Patentstyret) supervises that Gramo manages rights in line with laws and regulations, in a responsible, efficient and transparent way. Gramo is registered as a collective management organisation under the Collective Management Act.
Every year, Gramo publishes an annual report that accounts for collection, distribution, administrative costs and board matters. From 2022 onwards, a transparency report is also included as part of the annual report.
Reports for the last five years
All files are in norwegian
- Årsrapport for 2024Inkluderer åpenhetsrapportPDF, 1.9 MB
- Årsrapport for 2023Inkluderer åpenhetsrapportPDF, 2.8 MB
- Årsrapport for 2022Inkluderer åpenhetsrapportPDF, 1.3 MB
- Årsrapport for 2021Før kravet om åpenhetsrapport ble innførtPDF, 4 MB
- Årsrapport for 2020Før kravet om åpenhetsrapport ble innførtPDF, 5.92 MB
The transparency report requirement follows from section 36 of the Collective Management Act (norwegian) and applies from the 2022 reporting year onwards.
he organisation's rules and decision-making processes are set out inGramos satutes (norwegian) .