Neassa was born on the 8th of August 2010 at Ryøya outside of Tromsø in the north of Norway, where she was bottle-raised due to her late birth. She came to us the 10th of Mars 2011. Neassa is the old sami name for Tännäs, a name proposed by Margit Göransson who entered the name into a naming contest in the local newspaper Tidningen Härjedalen. Neassa gave birth to her first calf Lykke (father Ullrik) the 10th of May 2013, her second one, male (father Härje), the 14th of may 2014 , and her third calf, a female (father Kompis), on the 5th of May 2015.