Annelise Josefsen

She has been active in the Sami Artists Association (SDS), serving as chair of the board for several periods.

She then studied textile work at Finnmark homecraft school in Lakselv before furthering her training as an artist at the Western Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen (1979-1983).

[5][6][7] On the occasion of her 60th birthday in 2009, she was invited to hold a separate exhibition in the Sami artist center, entitled "Dream and Deception".

[8] On 5 February 2017 the SDS opened the art exhibition ÁIGEMÁTKI (TIME TRAVEL) in Kraftbyen in Trondheim Municipality, as part of Tråante 2017.

[9] In the same month, Norges Bank issued a 20-krone coin with a Sami motif in connection with Sámi Assembly of 1917, the 100th anniversary of the first national meeting of the same people.