Angelit, formerly known as Angelin tytöt (Aŋŋel nieiddat), is a Finnish Sámi folk music group formed by sisters Ursula and Tuuni Länsman in 1989. However, the history of the group can be traced back to 1982 when Eino Ukkonen, Ursula and Tuuni Länsman's Finnish teacher, took them along with some classmates to sing at a Sámi festival held at Utsjoki. In 1987 the group released their first non-commercial tape, recorded together with Mari Boine. Sami is a general name for a group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... Utsjoki (Ohcejohka in Northern Sami, Uccjokk in Skolt Sami) is a municipality in Finland. ... Mari Boine. ...

In 1989 one of the members of the group got killed in a car accident and subsequently the group broke up. Ursula and Tuuni went on and established a group which was called "Angelin tytöt" or "girls of Angeli", named after Angeli, the village they grew up in, located in Inari in Northern Finland. Inari (Aanaar in Inari Sami, Anár in Northern Sami, Aanar in Skolt Sami, Enare in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland. ... Lappi, or the Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries. ...

The group changed its name to Angelit in 1997 due to the problem of many different translations of "Angelin tytöt".

Members

• Tuuni Länsman
• Ursula Länsman
• Alfred Häkkinen (joined in 1994; guitar and drums)
• Samuli Kosminen (joined in 1999; percussion)
• Mamba Assefa (joined in 1999; percussion)
• Kimmo Kajasto (joined in 1999; keyboards, programming, atmospherics)

Discography

Albums

As Angelin tytöt:

• Dolla (Fire, 1992)
• Giitu (Thank you, 1993)
• Skeaikit (Laughter, 1995)
• The Voice of the North (1997) - a compilation of the three previous albums

As Angelit:

• Mannú (The moon, 1999)
• Reasons (2003)

Collaborations

All collaborations have been made with the band Waltari. Waltari logo Waltari is a musical group from Finland. ...

• So Fine! (1994)
• So Fine 2000 (2000)
• Channel Nordica (2000)

External links

• Official website