Composer: Jon Henrik Fjällgren
Singer : Jon Henrik Fjällgren
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Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren (born 26 April 1987) is a Colombian-Swedish-Sami singer and jojkare, an interpreter of Sámi Joik and winner of the Swedish Talang Sverige 2014 competition in 2014 broadcast on TV3. Upon winning the competition he released the music album Goeksegh.
He was born in Cali, Colombia.
At a very young age, he lived in an Indian village and later moved to an orphanage from which he later became adopted by a family from Sweden. He was adopted by a Swedish
Sami family and became part of a Siida community in Mittådalen, a reindeer foraging area where he worked as a reindeer herder.
At the age of 26, he took part in the Swedish Talang Sverige 2014 competition and won over viewers with his interpretations of traditional Sami songs. He auditioned with a moving rendition of "Daniel's Joik" dedicated to his best friend Daniel, who died from diabetes.After winning the competition and prize money of 1 million Swedish kronor, he released his studio album Goeksegh on 19 May 2014, based primarily on materials he had performed during the contest. According to a statement he gave in an interview on Colombian TV, he started a diabetes foundation with the prize money in honor of his deceased friend, Daniel.On 31 May 2014, he performed at the "Saepmie Welcomes Festival" a festival of Sámi culture that coincided with the ConIFA World Football Cup held in Östersund. In July he performed his winning song in Allsång på Skansen which was broadcast on SVT.
Fjällgren participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 in the third semifinal with the song Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje), and made it to the final in Friends Arena. In the final he placed second after the jury and televoting results.
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)" featuring Aninia on 25 February 2017, which coincided with the release of his second full album titled Aatjan goenger
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