Sámi Grand Prix is an annual Sámi

Sami people

The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...

 song contest organized by Samisk Musikkfestival and held in Kautokeino

Kautokeino

or Guovdageaidnu , is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino...

, Norway

Norway

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. The first annual Grand Prix was held in 1990. The winner of the contest goes on to compete in Liet-Lávlut

Liet-Lavlut

Liet-Lávlut or Liet Ynternasjonaal is an annual festival for musicians who speak any of Europe's minority languages that was held the first time in Friesland in 2002...

, a music competition for European minority languages. The Sámi Grand Prix consists of two separate parts: a yoik

Yoik

A joik, , luohti, vuolle, leu'dd, or juoiggus is a traditional Sami form of song.Originally, joik referred to only one of several Sami singing styles, but in English the word is often used to refer to all types of traditional Sami singing...

 part and a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 part. The artists usually come from Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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Winners

Year	Country	Artist	Song
1990		Sáve Save Save may refer to:*Save , when a pitcher finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances*Save , when a goalie prevents a goalAn organization...	"Muital midjiide"
1991		Marit Elisabeth Hætta Øverli	"Jáddá go beaivi?"
1992		Audhild Valkeinen	"Máná eallinmokta"
1993		Ann Mari Andersen	"Ráhkisvuohta seamma lea"
1994	/	Inger Marie Gaino Nilut and Niko Valkeapää Niko Valkeapää Niko-Mihkal Valkeapää is a Sami musician and joiker . He has been described as "one of Sami music's foremost performers." Valkeapää has been living in Kautokeino, Norway since 1990...	"Duinna gávnnadit"
1995		Niko Valkeapää Niko Valkeapää Niko-Mihkal Valkeapää is a Sami musician and joiker . He has been described as "one of Sami music's foremost performers." Valkeapää has been living in Kautokeino, Norway since 1990...	"Vádjolus"
1996		Nils Henrik Buljo	"Go beaivváš badjána"
1997		Anne Inger and Marit Elisabeth Eira	"Don"
1998		Anja Vesterheim	"Guorus váibmu"
1999		Anja Vesterheim	"Boares muitu"
2000		Marit Susanne Utsi	"Duinna"
2001		Sofia och Anna Sofia och Anna Sofia och Anna were a Swedish duo composed of Sofia Jannok and Anna Kärrstedt, both from Gällivare, Sweden, who sang in Northern Sámi. Their group participated in the talent show Juniorchansen on Sweden’s TV3. In 1995, they sang in the final of the Italian Bravo Bravissimo...	"Meahci mánná"
2002		Elvira Galkina	"Immel agk"
2003		Sofia Jannok	"Liekkas"
2004		Johan Kitti	"Eŋgelat lávllodit"
2005		Poppoo	"Giella ii leat jáddan"
2006	/	Johan Kitti and Ellen Sara Bæhr	"Luđiin muitalan"
2007		Ola Stinnerbom	"Snowflow"
2008		Elin Kåven	"Áibbas jaska"
2009		SomBy SomBy SomBy is a Sámi rock band from the Finnish side of Sápmi that sings in Northern Sámi. The band was founded in Vuotso in 2004. At that point in time, the band consisted solely of girls...	"Ii iđida"
2010		Pia-Maria Holmgren	"Geaidnu"
2011		rOlfFa	"Gulatgo Mu"

External links

• Hvem-Hva-Når om Sámi Grand Prix (Who-What-When at the Sámi Grand Prix) at NRK