Java字符串比较不起作用？

我想这很简单，但我就是不明白如何做到这一点:(到目前为止，我已经尝试了==和等于，但我都没有工作。这是一个计算瑞典高中系统成绩的小编程（所以只需忽略瑞典语并查看字符串比较。这里的问题是统计函数变量在程序结束时仍设置为0。

import javax.swing.*;

public class Uppgift1 {
private String[] subjects = {"Matematik","Svenska","Engelska","Idrott",
            "Bild","Fysik","Biologi","Kemi","Historia","Geografi",
            "Samhällskunskap","Religionskunskap"};`

private String[] grades = new String[subjects.length]; // Lika många element som ämnen

public void setGrades() {
    for(int i = 0; i < grades.length; i++){
        grades[i] = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Ange betyg i " + subjects[i] + " (IG, G, VG, MVG)");
    }
}

public void statistics() {
    int ig = 0;
    int g = 0;
    int vg = 0;
    int mvg = 0;
    int points = 0;

    for(int i = 0; i < grades.length; i++){
        if(grades[i].equals("IG")){
            ig++;
        }

        else if(grades[i] == "G"){
            g++;
            points += 10;
        }

        else if(grades[i] == "VG"){
            vg++;
            points += 15;
        }

        else if(grades[i] == "MVG"){
            mvg++;
            points += 20;
        }
    }

    String output = new String("BETYGSSTATISTIK\n");
    output += "IG: " + ig + "\n";
    output += "G: " + g + "\n";
    output += "VG: " + vg + "\n";
    output += "MVG: " + mvg + "\n";
    output += "Betygspoäng: " + points;

    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, output);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Uppgift1 prog = new Uppgift1();
    prog.setGrades();
    prog.statistics();
}
}