Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.
Died9 November 2022 Edit this on Wikidata

Mattis Hætta (15 March 1959 – 9 November 2022)[1] was a Sami singer and recording artist from Norway.

In 1980, he and Sverre Kjelsberg won the 1980 Melodi Grand Prix with the entry "Sámiid ædnan" and went on to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.[2]

He worked in pantomimes and yoiks in Alta, Kautokeino and Luleå.

Hætta died following a period of illness on 9 November 2022 at the age of 63.

Discography

  • Sámiid ædnan/Detsikavise (MAI EP, 1980)
  • Låla (MAI LP, 1981)

References

  1. ↑ Eurovision-stjärnan Mattis Hætta är död (in Swedish)
  2. ↑ Bohlman, Philip Vilas (2004). The music of European nationalism: cultural identity and modern history. ABC-CLIO. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-57607-270-7.


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