Sámiid ædnan " ( English : " Sami Earth " , , describing the motherland of Sápmi ) was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 , performed by Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta . The song is sometimes mistaken for being in the Sami language . The words of the song were performed in Norwegian by Sverre Kjelsberg , while Mattis Hætta contributed with the yoik chorus - a Sami form of vocal music without words ; the title of the song is however in the Northern Sami language , translating as " Sami Earth " or " Sami Soil " . There are no actual Sami words in the joik chorus - instead , the syllables " lo " and " la " are simply repeated , giving rise to another popular title for the song , " Låla "
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Sámiid ædnan