Marja Mortensson: The Sámi Way | Songlines
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Marja Mortensson: The Sámi Way

By Simon Broughton

Around half of the 80,000 indigenous Sámi people live in Norway. Simon Broughton talks to one of the country’s rising musical stars, Marja Mortensson, about how she’s invigorating the joik tradition. Photos Knut Åserud & Tom Askew-Miller

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