Niko Valkeapää

Finnish Sami musician (born 1968)

Niko Valkeapää
Niko-Mihkal Valkeapää (born 30 December 1968) is a Finnish Sami musician, joiker (Sami folk singer), teacher, actor and politician. Biography. Born in Enontekiö, Finland, he has been described as "one of Sami music's foremost performers." Valkeapää has been living in Kautokeino Municipality, Norway since 1990. He is godson of Sami artist and joiker Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. He won the Sámi Grand Prix (1994, 1995), received the Spellemann award in 2003 (open class) with his debut album, and the Liet Ynternasjonaal award, the international music prize for minority music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Valkeap%C3%A4%C3%A4

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