Maxida_Märak

Maxida Märak

Maxida Märak

Musical artist

Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi joik singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the Sámi people. She has taken part in protests against the establishment of an iron ore mine in Kallak.[1][2] In 2014, she recorded the album Mountain Songs and other Stories along with the bluegrass band Downhill Bluegrass band.[3]

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Also in 2014, she took part in the SVT show Sápmi Sessions along with Aki and King Fari Band.[4] In Sveriges Radio's radio theater Dagbok från Gallok she can be heard as an actress and also the producer of the music.[5] Along with her sister Mimie Märak she toured with the concert Under Asfalten ett Fjäll.[6] In 2015, she sang the World Cup song "Love Last Forever" along with music group Mando Diao for the 2015 skiing world cup.[7]

She starred in the film Glada hälsningar från Missångerträsk by Martina Haag, and she has also toured with Giron sámi teáhter.[8]

Märak presented an episode of Sveriges Radio's show Sommar i P1 on 30 July 2015.[9]

In 2016, she played the role of Evelina Geatki, a poetess and Sami activist in the Swedish-French series Midnattssol (aka Midnight Sun and Jour Polaire).

She featured on "Eanan", a song by Canadian EDM/hip-hop group A Tribe Called Red from their album We Are the Halluci Nation.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2014: Mountain Songs and Other Stories (with Downhill Bluegrass Band)
  • 2019: Utopi[10]

EPs

  • 2016: 1[11]
  • 2017: 5[12]
  • 2019: Ärr[13]
  • 2021: Så mycket bättre 2021 – Tolkningarna[14]
  • 2022: Arvet[15]

Singles

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Notes

  1. "Änglar" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[36]

References

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    Samiska konstnärer tar strid mot gruvan Archived 16 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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    Under asfalten ett fjäll, archived from the original on 26 June 2015, retrieved 21 July 2015
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    Tobias Holmgren (20 January 2015). "Rapparen Maxida Märak vill ha samisk revolution". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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    "Maxida Märak » Jokkmokk's Winter Market". Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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    "Utopi by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "1 – EP by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "5 – EP by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "Ärr – EP by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "Så mycket bättre 2021 – Tolkningarna – EP by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "Maxida Märak - Arvet". Spotify. 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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    "Änglar – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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    "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 48". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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    "Dimma (feat. Melissa Horn) – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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