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Mattis Hætta
Mattis Hætta for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980.

Died	9 November 2022

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

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

References

^ Eurovision-stjärnan Mattis Hætta är död (in Swedish)
^ Bohlman, Philip Vilas (2004). The music of European nationalism: cultural identity and modern history. ABC-CLIO. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-57607-270-7.

External links

Mattis Hætta discography at Discogs
Mattis Hætta at IMDb

v t e Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
Melodi Grand Prix
Participation	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Agnete Alessandra Elisabeth Andreassen Bendik Singers Arne Bendiksen Margaret Berger Bobbysocks! Benny Borg Odd Børre Nora Brockstedt Charmed Jan Werner Danielsen Dollie de Luxe Tor Endresen Carl Espen Lars A. Fredriksen Gåte Kate Gulbrandsen Christine Guldbrandsen Mattis Hætta Jostein Hasselgård Inger Jacobsen Britt Synnøve Johansen Jowst Just 4 Fun Finn Kalvik Grethe Kausland Keiino Sverre Kjelsberg Åse Kleveland Hanne Krogh Karoline Krüger Haldor Lægreid Mørland Stella Mwangi Ellen Nikolaysen Alexander Rybak Debrah Scarlett Guri Schanke Secret Garden Anita Skorgan Didrik Solli-Tangen Knut Anders Sørum Kirsti Sparboe Ketil Stokkan Maria Haukaas Storeng Anne-Karine Strøm Subwoolfer Jahn Teigen Anita Thallaug Tix Tooji Merethe Trøan ~~Ulrikke~~ Stig van Eijk Silje Vige Wig Wam
Songs	"Adieu" "Aldri i livet" "Alle mine tankar" "Alltid sommer" "Alvedansen" ~~"Attention"~~ "Brandenburger Tor" "Casanova" "Do Re Mi" "Duett" "Dukkemann" "Fairytale" "Fallen Angel" "The First Day of Love" "For vår jord" "Give That Wolf a Banana" "Grab the Moment" "Haba Haba" "High" "Hold On Be Strong" "I evighet" "I Feed You My Love" "Icebreaker" "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" "In My Dreams" "Intet er nytt under solen" "It's Just A Game" "Karusell" "Kom sol, kom regn" "La det swinge" "Lenge leve livet" "Living My Life Without You" "Lykken er" "Mata Hari" "Mil etter mil" "Mitt liv" "A Monster Like Me" "Mrs. Thompson" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Heart Is Yours" "Nocturne" "Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli" "Oliver" "On My Own" "Queen of Kings" "Romeo" "Sámiid ædnan" "San Francisco" "Silent Storm" "Småting" "Solhverv" "Sommer i Palma" "Spiral" "Spirit in the Sky" "Stay" "Stress" "That's How You Write a Song" "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Ulveham" "Ven a bailar conmigo" "Venners nærhet" "Visjoner" "Voi Voi"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Norway did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Morocco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Bamses Venner Samira Bensaïd José Cid Blue Danube Katja Ebstein Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta Tomas Ledin Johnny Logan Vesa-Matti Loiri Maggie MacNeal Paola Ajda Pekkan Prima Donna Profil Sophie and Magaly Alan Sorrenti Telex Trigo Limpio Anna Vissi and the Epikouri
Songs	"Amsterdam" "Autostop" "Bitaqat Hub" "Cinéma" "Du bist Musik" "Euro-Vision" "Um grande, grande amor" "Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" "Huilumies" "Just nu!" "Love Enough for Two" "Non so che darei" "Papa Pingouin" "Pet'r Oil" "Quédate esta noche" "Sámiid ædnan" "Tænker altid på dig" "Theater" "What's Another Year"

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