In traditional Sámi music songs and joiks are important musical expressions of the Sámi people and Sámi languages. The Sámi also use a variety of musical instruments, some unique to the Sámi, some traditional Scandinavian, and some modern introductions.
A Nordic Sámi woman playing Lur horn in the evening. A wood cut made by Emma Edwall after nature in the mid-1800s.
Sámi drum
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, a Finnish-born Norwegian Sámi musician and writer, widely known for his joiks and poems
Wimme Saari, a Sámi joiker from Kelottijärvi, Enontekiö
The music of Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music.
The folk music band JPP at the 2015 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival in Kaustinen, Finland
Vårt land (Maamme), the national anthem of Finland, from 1863
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), the national composer of Finland
Olavi Virta in 1956