Mattis Hætta

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

Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.
Died	9 November 2022
Occupation	Singer

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/Detsika-visa (MAI EP, 1980)
• Låla (MAI LP, 1981)

External links

• Detsika-visa by Mattis Hætta and Sverre Kjelsberg, song for protesters at Camp Detsika in 1979 during the controversy over the Alta Hydroelectric Power Station