About
Lávre is a Sámi artist and joiker from Guovdageaidnu on the Norwegian side of Sápmi. His work is deeply rooted in the Indigenous Sámi joik tradition, combining intimate songwriting with inherited melodies and dreamlike musical worlds. Lávre often performs live solo with a guitar and effects setup, and other times together with a varied ensemble of inspiring musicians.
Lávre’s music is shaped by the strange mosaic of life, its fractures and continuities, wounding, healing, and what exists in between. His musical world draws from themes often kept a bit out of sight, combining intuitive guitar playing with the rich metaphorical storytelling found in old joiks. The result is music that can be tender, playful, melancholic and perhaps slightly unsettling all at once.
Lávre’s debut album Vuložat, which roughly translates to "The Things Below", was released in 2024 to strong critical reception in the Sámi and Norwegian press. The album is a collection of songs with both traditional and contemporary joik, and the result of many years of meticulous work. Vuložat reflects the beginning of a descent into hidden inner landscapes filled with ancestral memories, and those darker things often hiding just under the surface.
On Šaddogárdi (2026), Lávre enters a stripped-down, botanical musical garden of Sámi indiefolk, soft joiks and lots of longing. The EP explores themes like the true nature of love, deep loss, and gathering back forgotten, stolen parts of oneself. Lávre toured the EP in an intimate duo with pianist and producer Eirik Fjelde, visiting Icelandic greenhouses, stone churches, secret gardens and lighthouses.
Lávre performs widely across Sápmi and the Nordic countries, with regular appearances at the Indigenous Riddu Riđđu festival and performances on stages including Øyafestivalen, Kirkhelleren at Træna and the Norwegian Opera House. His music has taken him further afield to New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia and Scotland.
Lávre received a songwriting award at the Sámi Music Awards in 2024 and won Sámi Grand Prix together with Hildá Länsman in 2021. In 2026, he won the Hedda Award for Best Audiovisual Design for the joik and music in Láhppon/Lost, together with Valgeir Sigurðsson, Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska and Vokal Nord.
In addition to his solo work and traditional joik practice, Lávre composes joik-based music and creates commissioned works across film, dance and other interdisciplinary projects. His music has been commissioned by institutions including TIFF, the Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Elle Sofe Company, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Nordover Svalbard and Hamsunsenteret.