Sandra Andersen Eira | |
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![]() Sandra Andersen Eira in 2017 | |
Member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway for Ávjovárri | |
Incumbent | |
In office 2017–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 June 1986 |
Citizenship | Norwegian |
Nationality | ![]() |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 2022–present |
Rank | Private/ Volunteer |
Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Sandra Andersen Eira (born 21 June 1986) [1] is a fisherwoman [2] and Norwegian Sámi politician from Russenes in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [3] As of 2023, she is serving as a medic and an enlistee in the Ukraine Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
From 2017 to 2021, she served as a member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway (Sametinget), elected to the Norwegian Sámi Association from the Ávjovárri constituency. [4]
Following the end of her term in the Sametinget, she spent a year commuting between the United States and Norway, including expanding her fishing business and being featured in a documentary titled Sea Sisters. [5] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she joined a mixed- British and American ranger squad; [6] she worked as a medic on the squad. As of December 2022, she was still fighting for Ukraine; she has been back to Norway [at least] once, for a few days, to attend a plenary session of the Sámi Parliament of Norway. [7]
Andersen Eira took part, along with her unit, in the battle of Moshchun, near Kyiv and on the frontline in Mykolaiv in March 2022 [7] and was later deployed to Bakhmut, in the Donbas, for a brief period. [8] In 2024, Russia issued an arrest warrant against her on charges of being a "mercenary". [9]
Sandra Andersen Eira | |
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![]() Sandra Andersen Eira in 2017 | |
Member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway for Ávjovárri | |
Incumbent | |
In office 2017–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 June 1986 |
Citizenship | Norwegian |
Nationality | ![]() |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 2022–present |
Rank | Private/ Volunteer |
Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
Sandra Andersen Eira (born 21 June 1986) [1] is a fisherwoman [2] and Norwegian Sámi politician from Russenes in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [3] As of 2023, she is serving as a medic and an enlistee in the Ukraine Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
From 2017 to 2021, she served as a member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway (Sametinget), elected to the Norwegian Sámi Association from the Ávjovárri constituency. [4]
Following the end of her term in the Sametinget, she spent a year commuting between the United States and Norway, including expanding her fishing business and being featured in a documentary titled Sea Sisters. [5] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she joined a mixed- British and American ranger squad; [6] she worked as a medic on the squad. As of December 2022, she was still fighting for Ukraine; she has been back to Norway [at least] once, for a few days, to attend a plenary session of the Sámi Parliament of Norway. [7]
Andersen Eira took part, along with her unit, in the battle of Moshchun, near Kyiv and on the frontline in Mykolaiv in March 2022 [7] and was later deployed to Bakhmut, in the Donbas, for a brief period. [8] In 2024, Russia issued an arrest warrant against her on charges of being a "mercenary". [9]