Anne Sinikka Langeland, born January 13, 1961, in Grue, Norway, is a Norwegian musician, composer, and educator specializing in the Finnish national instrument, the kantele, as well as runic singing and the traditional Norwegian vocal style of kveding. She has released acclaimed recordings including Strengen var af røde guld (1997), Lille Rosa - Kjærlighetsballader (2000), and the award-winning Runoja - Runesanger frå Finnskogen (2002), which earned the 2003 Edvard Prize for borderlands music. In 2012, she premiered Sammas – Himmelsøyle, a commissioned work inspired by Finnish forest mythology, at the Finnskog Exhibition and the Oslo International Church Music Festival. Langeland has received numerous honors, including the Finnskog Prize (1996), the Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Foundation's Culture Prize (2004), the Gammleng Prize (2010), the Sibelius Prize (2012), and the 2019 NOPA Text and Music Prize for Sauna Cathedral.
