Shauna Seeteenak - Iqaluit, Nunavut (NU)
Introducing Shauna Seeteenak, a talented Inuk artist hailing from Baker Lake, Nunavut, now calling Iqaluit home. With a diverse musical palette encompassing hip hop, pop, R&B, and rock, Shauna has been honing her singing skills since the age of 10 and delving into songwriting since she was 14. Influenced by Eminem's ability to express himself through music, Shauna channels her experiences into her songs, shedding light on the struggles faced in the North. As an independent artist, she's not only the voice but also the force behind her own music career.
Shauna is a genuine storyteller and centers her music on the truths and challenges facing Inuit, including mental health, sobriety, breaking stereotypes, overcoming barriers, surviving the north, and trying to heal.
Thanks Shauna, for welcoming Pan-ArcticVision to Nunavut!
Shauna was selected in cooperation with the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit.
NTÏV - Luleå, Norra Sverige / Sápmi (NS/SÁ)
Behind NTÏV ("native") is Johánas Nutti Lampa from Luleå, Norra Sverige (Northern Sweden) / Sápmi, making music in the crossroads between the industrial city he calls home, and his family´s land and history further North:
«There’s a friction where deep-rooted traditions collide with neon-lit screens. Where folklore still pulses in your bloodstream while the ping of endless notifications never lets up. What world do you belong to—if any?
NTÏV lives in that tension. Not to fit in, but to release what builds in the space between pride and pressure, rebellion and resistance. His Sámi heritage is part of the complex weave he navigates, shaping a sound that radiates chaos and uncompromising presence.
There’s a connection to the old ways, too—it’s music, or rather emotion, straight from the gut. Like a mournful chant by the fire, a child’s first touch on a piano, or a punk band tearing through a cramped rehearsal room. It’s about existing inside the sound, pressing against its edges, trying to break through.
In that raw, electric space between worlds, NTÏV carves out his own reality. Not rooted in past or future, but in the vibration where everything else fades—and the sound becomes more real than the world itself.»
Welcome NTÏV !!
NTÏV is selected in cooperation with BD pop Norrbotten.
Kimmernaq & HH - Nuuk & Qeqertarsuaq, Kalaallit Nunaat (KN)
As a teenager, Kimmernaq Kjeldsen discovered that she could sing. In 2006 she released her first solo album to critical acclaim, while still working as a flight attendant (look out for her voice when flying Air Greenland!). She decided to fully commit as a performer, singer and actress and graduated from the National Theatre School in 2016.
Through acting, Kimmernaq entered the film and Television industry both in front of and behind the camera, as an actor, director, creative producer, location scouter, live television host and more. Kimmernaq has released four albums, and can safely be called a celebrity in Kalaallit Nunaat.
Hans-Henrik Suersaq Poulsen is no less special; an actor, singer, seamster, and artist, also graduated from The National Theatre School. He sings contemporary music infused with traditional elements such as throat singing and drum dancing. HH carries into the 21st century the living spirit of Kalaallit Nunaat´s ancient traditions, weaving them seamlessly into contemporary expression.
HH also designs and creates contemporary and traditional garments (look out for his Anoraqs!). He has deeply explored other Inuit languages—making him able to communicate in the Inugguit dialect (North Greenlandic), Iivit dialect (East Greenlandic), as well as Inuktitut (the Canadian Inuit dialect).
Kimmernaq Kjeldsen and Hans-Henrik Suersaq Poulsen are both born and raised in the Disco Bay area; Kimmernaq in Aasiaat, HH in Qeqertarsuaq. They have both spent many years in the capital Nuuk, and HH has the last few years returned to his original home at Disco Island.
Kimmernaq and HH are joined on stage by guitarist Jaqqa Petersen; Inuk from Kalaallit Nunaat now living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, working as a co-director of the Alianait Arts Festival.
Welcome Kimmernaq, HH and Jaqqa - what an amazing Kalaallit Nunaat All-Star-Team!
Geðbrigði - Selfoss & Mosfellsbær, Ísland (IS)
The band Geðbrigði has haunted the underground scene in Iceland for the past two years. Neither heavy metal nor punk nor rock, but all of the above, and more: «Drunga-þunga-paunk-rokk» (gloomy-heavy-punk-rock) is their own description of the style of music Geðbrigði plays. The band name translates into "mood swings" or "mood instability", and Geðbrigði's music and performance reflect the word itself; unpredictable and at times uncomfortable, but always passionate!
Geðbrigði relays on personal experiences for their lyrics and use their music to release pent up feelings, all in a solid alternative punk tradition. This raw and powerful four piece rock band is not only joining Pan-ArcticVision 2025, they are also the winners of this year´s edition of Iceland´s legendary music competition for young people, Músíktilraunir.
Welcome Þórhildur, Agnes, Hraun and Ásthildur, we can´t wait to feel the energy of Geðbrigði!
Geðbrigði is joining Pan-ArcticVision i cooperation with Músíktilraunir and Norræna húsið The Nordic House (photo by Joana Fontinha/The Reykjavík Grapevine).
Linus Johnsen - Dielddanuorri/Tjeldsund, Sápmi/Nord-Norge (SÁ/NN)
Get ready for Linus Johnsen (22), one of the most exciting emerging young artists in the sámi music scene!
Linus grew up in Dielddanuorri/Tjeldsund in Northern Norway/Sápmi and is now based in Tromsø where he is finishing his bachelor's in music. Linus writes progressive pop ranging from emotional ballads to full on rock songs. His energetic stage presence breathes life into his lyrics about love, queer identity and mental health, but he is no stranger to singing about his cat or other trivial matters. He also often incorporates yoik (traditional sámi singing technique) in his music.
Just this fall he released his debut EP «Muoraš», a collection of four tracks mostly about seeing light in moments of grief or sadness. He has previously participated in the televised Sámi Grand Prix song competition, and he won the title Young Artist of the Year at the Sámi Music Awards 2025, as he mostly writes in the endangered northern sámi language.
Linus is selected in cooperation with our brillliant partner Riddu Riđđu Festivala. He is joined on stage by drummer Eirik Hagtvedt.
Саина (Saina) - Дьокуускай (Yakutsk), Caxa (CX)
The so-called Far East has for too long been unexplored territory for Pan-ArcticVision. Not anymore: We are extremely proud to welcome Saina to Pan-ArcticVision 2025!
Saina - or Ekaterina Savvinova - is a merited indigenous Artist of Саха (Sahka Republic). Saina is originally from the reindeer-herding community of Күһүүр (Kyusyur) at 70 degrees north, today living in Дьокуускай (Yakutsk). Part Evenki and part Sahka, Saina is a singer, ethnographer and educator with an impressive career of nearly three decades of artistic work. She rose to fame with her award-winning debut Hello, Yakutsk!, and has since released eight albums, performed in 24 countries, and represented indigenous Arctic culture at the United Nations.
Saina has learned old Evenk, Sakha (Yakut), Chukchi, Even and Yukaghir songs from elders, singing now in over 35 languages, many endangered, and also playing traditional Yakut instruments such as the khomus. These songs were dedicated to important events, rituals and everyday chores and have been passed down by Siberian people for centuries from generation to generation, from mothers to daughters. Saina bridges folk, pop, and classical traditions, and her art and music continue to promote and preserve the heritage of the indigenous peoples of the North.
Welcome Saina, Pan-ArcticVision´s first ever artist from Caxa сирэ (Sakha land)!
Saina is selected through Pikene på Broen.
Dóttir - Føroyar (FO)
After moving to Copenhagen as a child, Súsanna Herálvsdóttir spent her early years traveling back and forth between the capitol of the Danish commonwealth and her native culture and language. With both parents natives of Føroyar, but growing up in Denmark, Súsanna is herself a living consequence of colonial power structures. She eventually got tired of trying to explain the spelling of her family name (which in Faroese means daughter of Herálv) to the Danes, and ended up with just Dóttir as her artist name.
The music of Dóttir is described as exciting alternative Nordic rock in a mythical, fascinating and melancholic universe. It combines shamanic drums and dreamy echo guitars with obvious traces of local Faroese music traditions. Her origin is pulling her back to her roots, and the last album of Dóttir was recorded in the harbour of Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
Welcome Dóttir of Føroyar!
Dóttir is selected in coopoeration with Nordurlandahusid (Nordic House Tórshavn). Guitarist Aske Mattias Folkmann is joining Súsanna for Pan-ArcticVision 2025.
Yungmiqu - Utsjoki, Sápmi/Pohjois-Suomi (SÁ/PS)
Yungmiqu, aka Mihkku Laiti, is a Sámi rap artist from Utsjoki, as far north in Finland as you possibly can come. His genre-defying music has been playing all over the Nordic countries since 2019, combining the sounds of fierce northern rap with electronic elements - all while rapping in his North Sámi mother tounge.
Laiti has come to the attention of the general public through numerous TV appearances and has starred in his own documentary. Despite his young age, Yungmiqu has already collaborated with Finland's toughest Sámi artists, such as Amoc, Niillas Holmberg and Áilu Valle (who was part of Pan-ArcticVision 2023),
Yungmiqu released his second album Chapter in May 2025. It is a personal and socially conscious body of work that explores themes such as the relationship between the North and the South, Sámi identity, the Sámi language, and the growth of a young artist. The album moves along the boundary between individual and collective experience, highlighting the realities of life within a minority culture and expressing pride in one’s roots.
Welcome Yungmiqu, the rest of the Arctic is ready for you now!
Yungmiqu is selected in cooperation with Hiljaisuus - the Silence Festival - in Kaukonen.
Quinn Christopherson - Anchorage, Alaska (AK)
Meet Quinn Christopherson, songwriter from Anchorage, Alaska! Quinn is the perfect match for Pan-ArcticVision—deeply rooted in the local culture of the North, blending his Ahtna and Inupiaq heritage, and at the same time unmistakably connected to the contemporary music scene, living in the urban metropolis of Anchorage—today the largest city in the Pan-Arctic region.
Quinn won American National Public Radio´s Tiny Desk Contest and has toured with artists like Portugal The Man, Sharon Van Etten, and Jason Isbell. His debut album, Write Your Name in Pink (2022), blends honest storytelling with bold sound. Most recently, Quinn co-wrote the song Denali with Portugal The Man—a song referring to “the big one,” North America’s highest peak just north of Anchorage, the mountain that, lost its official and Indigenous name, Denali, when it was renamed after a long-since-dead, rich white man from the south.
Pan-ArcticVision loves both Alaska and Denali! A warm welcome to Quinn!
Quinn is selected in cooperation with Anchorage Museum.
