Elin Anna Labba

Elin Anna Labba was born on 30 November 1980 in Kiruna, Sweden, where she also grew up.^[1] Her grandmother was Forest Sámi originally from Malå.^[2] She moved to Gothenburg to study journalism at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg.^[3] At the same time she was studying, Labba was also working as a journalist for P4 Norrbotten, SR Sápmi, and the Sámi news magazine Samefolket.^[1] She graduated from the University of Gothenburg in 2008.^[3]

Since she graduated, Labba worked as the editor-in-chief of Nuorat and as the director of communications at Laponiatjuottjudus.^{[citation needed]} Currently, she is employed as a project manager at the writer's center Tjállegoahte in Jokkmokk, Sweden.^[4]

In 2020, she debuted as an author with the Swedish-language book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige, which was translated and released the same year in Northern Sámi under the title Hearrát dat bidje min: bággojohtimiid birra. It was translated from Swedish to Norwegian Bokmål and published in 2021 as Herrene sendte oss hit: om tvangsflyttingen av samene.

She and her husband Ol-Duommá have three children. As of December 2023, they lived in Saltdal.^[2][5]

In 2020, Labba was awarded the August Prize for her book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige. In 2021, she won the Norrland Literature Prize for the same book. In 2022, she was awarded the Hedevind Plaquette.^[6]