Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi
joik
A joik or yoik (anglicised, where the latter spelling in English conforms with the pronunciation; also named , , , or in the Sámi languages) is a traditional form of song in Sámi music performed by the Sámi people of Sapmi in Northern Europ ...
singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the
Sámi people
The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Ru ...
. She has taken part in protests against the
establishment of an iron ore mine in Kallak. In 2014, she recorded the album ''Mountain Songs and other Stories'' along with the bluegrass band Downhill Bluegrass band.
Also in 2014, she took part in the
SVT show ''Sápmi Sessions'' along with Aki and King Fari Band. In
Sveriges Radio's radio theater ''Dagbok från Gallok'' she can be heard as an actress and also the producer of the music. Along with her sister Mimie Märak she toured with the concert Under Asfalten ett Fjäll. In 2015, she sang the
World Cup
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song "Love Last Forever" along with music group
Mando Diao
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for the 2015 skiing world cup.
She starred in the film ''Glada hälsningar från Missångerträsk'' by Martina Haag, and she has also toured with Giron sámi teáhter.
Märak presented an episode of
Sveriges Radio's show ''
Sommar i P1
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About
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'' on 30 July 2015.
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''
EPs
* 2016: ''1''
* 2017: ''5''
* 2019: ''Ärr''
* 2021: ''Så mycket bättre 2021 – Tolkningarna''
* 2022: ''Arvet''
Singles
Notes
References
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Living people
1988 births
Swedish women rappers
21st-century Swedish women singers
Swedish Sámi musicians
Swedish human rights activists
Sámi actors