# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katarina-barruk
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:14:54.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katarina-barruk"
name: "Katarina Barruk"
slug: "katarina-barruk"
description: "Elina Maria Katarina Barruk is a Swedish Sámi singer, songwriter and pianist, who sings in the Ume Sámi language, now spoken by less than a dozen native speakers. She believes her songs will help to revitalize the language. In September 2015, she released her first album, Báruos, and continues to perform in concerts inspired by traditional yoik music from the province of Västerbotten. Her second album, Ruhttuo, was released in 2022. She performed in the 2025 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall."
tagline: "Ume Sámi artist from Sweden"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IYIL_2019_Upmis%C3%A1mi_artista_Katarina_Barruk_Den_umesamiske_artisten_Katarina_Barruk_(46566372454).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1994-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.78
  momentum:             2.941176470588236
  historical:           9.274586666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 127
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/katarinabarruk/"
    handle:    "katarinabarruk"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/katarinabarrukmusicpage"
    handle:    "katarinabarrukmusicpage"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Gsh9KvXlYJYqUuu4q5z8l"
    handle:    "1Gsh9KvXlYJYqUuu4q5z8l"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.katarinabarruk.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkxBgjCmb0H7pt-qrhd3wbQ"
    handle:    "@katarinabarrukmusic"
    followers: 127
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Katarina Barruk"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Barruk"
    title: "Katarina Barruk"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/279f1e47-c8d9-4873-bff0-0dc3c00a11e7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63269605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump