"Jag är fri" () is a

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 Sápmi in Northern E ...

song performed by

Jon Henrik Fjällgren 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 com ...

appearing on his album ''Goeksegh - Jag är fri''. The song was co-written by Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Erik Holmberg, Tony Malm and Josef Melin. The 2015 album ''Goeksegh - Jag är fri'' was a rerelease of Fjällgren's album ''Goeksegh'' on occasion of him taking part in Melodifestivalen 2015 in a bid to represent Sweden in the

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, Austria. ''Goeksegh - Jag är fri'' is a 12-track album opening with "Jag är fri" (meaning 'I am free' in Swedish), with the remaining 11 tracks being taken from the ''Goeksegh'' in the same sequence. Jon Henrik Fjällgren, is a Swedish-

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singer and of

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n origin who was adopted by a Sami family at a very young age. He was the winner of the Swedish ''

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'' competition broadcast on

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. Fjällgren took part in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song. For Melodifestivalen purposes, the song was retitled as "Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)" The song is just a joik melody and has no main lyrics, although the chorus sings some sparse lines in Swedish interspersed in the joik sung by Fjällgren. At Melodifestivalen 2015, Fjällgren performed in the third semi-final on 21 February 2015 held in

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finishing in first place and qualifying directly to the final on 14 March in

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. In the final the song placed second after the winning song "

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" performed by

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. The song was used in

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's bid film for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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