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Jon Henrik Fjällgren
Fjällgren in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren
Also known as	Colombiano
Born	(1987-04-26) 26 April 1987 (age 37) Cali, Colombia
Origin	Mittådalen, Sweden
Genres	Joik pop world worldbeat
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2014–present
Website	www.jonhenrikfjallgren.se

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 competition he released the music album Goeksegh. He has participated in Melodifestivalen four times, in 2015 he placed second, in 2017 he placed third, and in 2019 and 2023 he placed fourth.

Fjällgren has been a member of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden since the 2021 election. He represents the political party Sámit.

Biography

Fjällgren was born in Cali, Colombia. At a very young age, he lived in a Native Colombian village and later moved to an orphanage. Fjällgren later was adopted by a Swedish Sami family, and became part of a siida community in Mittådalen, a reindeer foraging area where he worked as a reindeer herder. Fjällgren has revealed in several interviews that he was bullied as a child because of his darker skin and Colombian ancestry. The bullying stopped as he reached teenaged years.

Fjällgren started singing local traditional songs when he was 14. He gained exposure when he sang in the presence of Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia who were attending church services at a church in Funäsdalen. When he was 16, he released an album titled Onne vielle.

Career

At the age of 26, he took part in the Swedish Talang Sverige 2014 competition and won over viewers with his interpretations of traditional Sami songs. He auditioned with a rendition of "Daniel's Joik" dedicated to his best friend Daniel, who died from diabetes. After winning the competition and prize money of 1 million Swedish kronor, he released his studio album Goeksegh on 19 May 2014, based primarily on materials he had performed during the contest. According to a statement he gave in an interview on Colombian TV, he started a diabetes foundation with the prize money in honor of his deceased friend, Daniel.

On 31 May 2014, he performed at the "Saepmie Welcomes Festival" a festival of Sámi culture that coincided with the ConIFA World Football Cup held in Östersund. In July he performed his winning song in Allsång på Skansen which was broadcast on SVT.

Fjällgren participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 in the third semifinal with the song Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje), and made it to the final in Friends Arena. In the final he placed second after the jury and televoting results.

He participated again in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "En värld full av strider (Eatneme gusnie jeenh dåaroeh)" alongside Aninia on 25 February 2017, which coincided with the release of his second full album titled Aatjan goengere. He won Let's Dance 2018 broadcast on TV4. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Norrsken".

His three songs: Daniel's Joik, Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje) and Norrsken, have all appeared in Stockholm/Åre's bid films to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

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20. "The Avatar - Single by Jon Henrik Fjällgren". Apple Music. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
21. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 11". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

External links

• Official website

• 1987 births
• Living people
• Swedish Sámi people
• Colombian emigrants to Sweden
• Swedish adoptees
• Swedish people of Colombian descent
• Got Talent winners
• Swedish-language singers
• Dancing with the Stars winners
• 21st-century Swedish singers
• People from Härjedalen
• 21st-century Swedish male singers
• Talang (Swedish TV series) contestants
• Melodifestivalen contestants of 2023
• Melodifestivalen contestants of 2019
• Melodifestivalen contestants of 2017
• Melodifestivalen contestants of 2015
• Members of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden