Marja Mortensson Explained

Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson (born 1995) is a South Sámi singer from Engerdal in Innlandet county, Norway. She won the 2018 Spellemannprisen (described as "Norway's equivalent of the Grammy Awards[1]) in the folk/traditional music category for her album Mojhtestasse – Cultural Heirlooms, and in 2021 for Raajroe - The Reindeer Caravan.[2]

Life

Mortensson comes from a family of reindeer herders, and grew up in, a Siida in Hedmark county. Her family belongs to the South Sámi ethnic minority, whose language and culture are important influences for her music.[3] Mortensson sings in her native language, Southern Sámi, which is only spoken by about 500 people today. The traditional South Sami joik has also largely disappeared from her area and so an important part of her music is based on old recordings and lyrics as well as individual traditions.[4] In addition to her own research, she studied joik and Sami culture at the Nord University in Levanger under the Sami musician Frode Fjellheim,[5] who is also the producer and co-composer of her 2017 debut album Aarehgïjre – Early Spring.

In 2018, Mojhtestasse – Cultural Heirlooms followed, a collaboration with Daniel Herskedal and Jakop Janssønn, which contains a mixture of traditional joiks and new compositions and was created on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first Sami country meeting in Trondheim in 1917.[6] The third album Lååje – Dawn, released in 2019, is also a collaboration with Herskedal. She can also be heard on his album A Single Sunbeam (2024).

In 2017, she was appointed as Fylkesjoiker (County Joiker) in the county of Troms for the year.[7]

She is one of the main characters in the 2023 Swiss documentary film (Beyond Tradition: Power of Nature's Voices), in which she talks about what traditions and joik mean to her.[8]

Discography

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Nelson . Michael . Watch Kvelertak Perform At Norway’s Spellemann Awards . 1 August 2024 . Stereogum . 20 January 2014 . en.
  2. Web site: Vinnere av Spellemannprisen 2018 . spellemann.no . Spellemann Prisen . 1 August 2024 . nb-NO . 30 March 2019 . Winners of the ....
  3. Web site: Bio . Marja Mortensson . 1 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Bitustoyl . Kjell . Marja Mortensson - Mojhtestasse . Folkemusikk . 1 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314024434/https://www.folkemusikk.no/marja-mortensson-mojhtestasse/ . 14 March 2022 . 22 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Lyst til å studere joik ved Nord universitet på Levanger? . vuelie.no . 1 August 2024 . nb-NO . Want to study joik at Nord University in Levanger?.
  6. Web site: Hivand . Pål . Marja Mortensson søker nye klanger med joik og tubanger med joik og tuba . NRK . 1 August 2024 . nb-NO . 26 March 2018 . Marja Mortensson seeks new sounds with joik and tuba.
  7. News: Andreassen . Rune N. . Hun er den nye fylkesjoikeren . 1 August 2024 . NRK . 27 June 2017 . nb-NO . She is the new county joiker.
  8. Web site: Beyond Tradition: Kraft der Naturstimmen . Beyond tradition . 1 August 2024 . de-CH.
  9. News: Kulturpris til Marja Helena . 1 August 2024 . nrk.no . Linda . Vespedat.
  10. News: Her er vinnerne av Sami Music Awards. nrk.no . 1 August 2024 . Vaino Natasha . Rensberg . Here are the winners of the ....
  11. News: Marja Mortensson fikk årets Áillohaš-pris. Marja Mortensson received this year's Áillohaš award. nrk.no. 1 August 2024 . 3 April 2021 . Johan Ante . Utsi.
  12. Web site: Arkiv: Marja Mortensson . 1 August 2024 . spellemann.no . no.

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