Ulla Pirttijärvi

• Name — Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman • Born — 13 November 1971 • Birthplace — Angeli, Finland • Instrument — Vocalist • Genre — Yoik, contemporary folk • Occupation — Musician • Illustration — Ulla Pirttijärvi performing with Ulda at the Etno-Espa music festival in Helsinki, Finland on August 1, 2022

Ulla Pirttijärvi was raised with joik music and chanting. As a young child, she listened to her mother and uncle sing stories to her, and she chanted along; by age ten she was singing on her own. She then started performing in public with a group of young girls who called themselves Angelin Tytöt. Pirttijärvi is very involved promoting Sami culture and Sami self-rule. In 1996, she wrote a music book called Hoŋkoŋ dohkká, which won the cultural prize given by the Saami Council, and composed and produced an accompanying album full of songs aimed at children to teach them the Sami language and the Sami world experience. Pirttijärvi lives with her daughter Hilda and her son Nilla-Ande in Utsjoki. In 2014, Ulla and her daughter Hildá Länsman created the band Solju and in 2015 they participated in Finland's Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu with the song "Hold Your Colours". Her husband Jari passed away in the summer of 2017.

Ulla Pirttijärvi is recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded as singer, yoiker and musician.