Jon Henrik Fjällgren

about

Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren (born 26 April 1987) is a Colombian-born Swedish-Sámi singer and jojkare, an interpreter of Sámi joik. He was the winner of Talang Sverige 2014, the Swedish version of Got Talent. Upon winning the competition he released the music album Goeksegh. He has participated in Melodifestivalen four times, in 2015 he placed second, in 2017 he placed third, and in 2019 and 2023 he placed fourth. Fjällgren has been a member of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden since the 2021 election. He represents the political party Sámit. Fjällgren was born in Cali, Colombia. At a very young age, he lived in a Native Colombian village and later moved to an orphanage. Fjällgren later 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. Fjällgren has revealed in several interviews that he was bullied as a child because of his darker skin and Colombian ancestry. The bullying stopped as he reached teenaged years. Fjällgren started singing local traditional songs when he was 14. He gained exposure when he sang in the presence of Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia who were attending church services at a church in Funäsdalen. When he was 16, he released an album titled Onne vielle. 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 rendition of "Daniel's Joik" dedic

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albums

Goeksegh - Jag är fri

Goeksegh

Norrsken

Aatjan goengere

Playlist

En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)

The Way You Make Me Feel

Mountain Dance

Daniel's joik

En värld full av strider (feat. Aninia) [Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh]

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Melodifestivalen 2015

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