The BlackSheeps was a Norwegian Sami band from Nesseby. Their breakthrough came following their participation in the MGP jr, a song contest for children organised by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. Having won MGP jr 2008 with the song Oro jaska, beana the group went on to represent Norway in the MGP Nordic 2008. They also won this competition after receiving more than half the votes. In 2011, the band was the subject of a legal dispute over the dismissal of two band members, unpaid royalties, and the right to use the band name. However, it was ruled that the band still holds the right to the name, and former band members Alexander Touryguin and Viktoria Eriksen are not owed any money.
Nikolaj Nordbakk Gloppen, Emelie Nilsen and Agnete Kristin Johnsen at MGP 2011
Unjárga (Northern Sami) or Nesseby (Norwegian) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varangerbotn. Other villages in Nesseby include Gandvik, Karlebotn, Nesseby, and Nyelv. The European route E06 and European route E75 highways intersect at Varangerbotn in Nesseby.
Abelsborg in Nesseby municipality
Farming of salmon in Nesseby
View of the lake Gánddajávri
Finn Lützow-Holm, 1934