Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen (born 25 April 1998) is a

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musician from

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, Norway. In 2016 she won the

Sámi Grand Prix The Sámi Grand Prix, often abbreviated as SGP, is a Sámi yoik and song competition organized annually by the Sámi Music Festival organization ( se, Sámi musihkkafestivála, no, Samisk Musikkfestival), featuring participants from all cor ...

with her original song ''Luoddaearru'', and in 2017 she won

Liet International Liet International ( fy, Liet Ynternasjonaal), formerly Liet-Lávlut, is a song contest for musicians who speak any of Europe's regional or minority languages that was held the first time in Friesland in 2002. The goal of the festival is to boost in ...

with the same song. In 2017 Isaksen started the band ISÁK. In October 2018 she won the NRK-show ''Stjernekamp''. She was the county leader in the environmental protection organization

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from January 2015 until January 2016. She continued her work in the organization until she was hired as a campaign secretary in Natur og Ungdom in the autumn of 2017. Furthermore, she was elected to the central board of the organization in January 2018, where she sat for six months, until she chose to focus on music in the summer of 2018. She is the lead vocalist for the Sami electronic-

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band Isák which consists of herself, producer Daniel Eriksen and drummer Aleksander Kostopoulos. The band announced their break up in May 2023, with their last concert being played at

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in September.

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