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Sandra Andersen Eira
Norwegian Sami politician (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sandra Andersen Eira (born 21 June 1986)[1] is a fisherwoman[2] and Norwegian Sámi politician from Russenes in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[3] As of 2024 she is serving in the Ukrainian Marine Corps.
From 2017 to 2021, she served as a member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway (Sametinget), elected to the Norwegian Sámi Association from the Ávjovárri constituency.[4]
Following the end of her term in the Sametinget, she spent a year commuting between the United States and Norway, including expanding her fishing business and being featured in a documentary titled Sea Sisters.[5] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she joined a mixed-British and American ranger squad;[6] she was part of the GUR as a Soldat and currently works in the Ukrainian Marines as Matros. As of September 2024, she was still fighting for Ukraine; she has been back to Norway at least once, for a few days, to attend a plenary session of the Sámi Parliament of Norway.[7]
Andersen Eira took part, along with her unit, in the battle of Moshchun, near Kyiv and on the frontline in Mykolaiv in March 2022[7] and was later deployed to Bakhmut, in the Donbas, for a brief period. She was deployed in Donetsk frontline in 2023 and was part alongside units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the battle of Krynky (2023/2024), a battle that left at least 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers dead or missing.[8] In 2024, Russia issued an arrest warrant against her on charges of being a "mercenary".[9]
On May 28, 2025, Norwegian broadcaster TV2 announced that Andersen Eira is expecting a child following her marriage to a fellow Ukrainian soldier in 2024.[10]
On June 24, 2025, she appeared as a guest on the Wolfgang Wee Uncut podcast, where she spoke about her experiences as a Norwegian volunteer soldier in Ukraine.[11]
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