Irene is the first single from the album áššogáttis/by the Embers. Directed by Mathieu Hebeisen. © 2009 Caprice Records, Sweden

Árvas was shot on the way to Lake Torneträsk in swedish Sápmi. Directed by Liselotte Wajstedt. Album: áššogáttis/by the embers, 2009 Caprice Records, Sweden


Passion is one of Sofia Jannok’s favourite words. It’s something to do with the burning, the feverishness but also with the intimate, with the here-and-now and with the contrasts that appeals to her. It therefore comes as no surprise that passion and contrast are two defining keywords for Sofia Jannok’s music. The warmth and presence in her clear, powerful voice; and the contrast between her Sami background and the creativity and cosmopolitanism of her music.

The songs are in Sami. Sofia doesn’t like pigeonholes. She draws her inspiration from people, connections, heaven, earth and the wide-open spaces of the north as much as from the pulse and colours of the city. The product of all this is something vital and new. She sings of love, of her heritage and of moments captured in nature.

Although she cares for her culture, she doesn’t write music in order to preserve some tradition. Sofia makes the music that’s hers, that’s her mode of self-expression, and that’s closest to her heart.