Maxida Märak

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]

Maxida Märak
Märak at Riddu Riđđu, 2019
Background information
Born	(1988-09-17) 17 September 1988 (age 36) Stockholm, Sweden
Origin	Jokkmokk, Sweden
Genres	Hip hop joik
Occupation	Singer

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 poet 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

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE [16]
"Mountain Songs"[17] (with Downhill Bluegrass Band)	2012	—	Non-album single
"Mitt största fan"[18]	2015	—
"Feel That Gold"[19]		—
"Backa bak"[20]	2016	—
"Rebell"[21]		—
"Andas"[22]	2017	—	5
"Långsamt"[23]		—	Non-album single
"Baseball Bat"[24]	2018	—
"Vill ni se en stjärna"[25]		—
"Järnrör"[26]		—
"Hatar"[27]	2019	—	Ärr
"Lova ingenting"[28]		—	Utopi
"Letar lite ljus här"[29]		—
"Jåhkåmåhkke"[30]	2021	—	Non-album single
"Salvador"[31]		—
"Nu brinner ängarna"[32]		—
"NikeSunnas joik"[33]		—
"Eloise"		60	Så mycket bättre
"Jag kommer hem igen till slut"[34]		—
"Änglar"[35]		—[A]
"Dimma"[37] (featuring Melissa Horn)	2022	—	TBA
"Sirenerna" (featuring Yei Gonzalez)			TBA

Notes

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

References

1. Samiska konstnärer tar strid mot gruvan Archived 16 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
2. "Maxidas jojk och hiphop". svt.se. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. "Samiska konstnärer tar strid mot ny gruva". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
4. Sveriges Radio. Hennes samhällsengagemang gav henne pris. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
5. Sveriges Radio. Dagbok från Gallok. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
6. Under asfalten ett fjäll, archived from the original on 26 June 2015, retrieved 21 July 2015
7. 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.
8. "Maxida Märak » Jokkmokk's Winter Market" (Press release). Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
9. Sveriges Radio. Maxida Märak sommarpratar i P1. Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
10. "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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13. "Ärr – EP by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
14. "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.
15. "Maxida Märak - Arvet". Spotify. 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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27. "Hatar – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
28. "Lova ingenting". Spotify. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
29. "Letar lite ljus här – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
30. "Jåhkåmåhkke – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
31. "Salvador – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
32. "Nu Brinner Ängarna – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
33. "NikeSunnas Joik – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
34. "Jag kommer hem igen till slut – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
35. "Änglar – Single by Maxida Märak on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
36. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 48". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
37. "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.