Sami political organizations

Political organizations. The Sami Parliament sits in Karasjok, and its composition is elected by direct vote. The Norwegian Sarns also belong to the Nordic Council, founded in 1953 r. to foster cooperation between parliaments and organizations in …

Sami culture and tradition

Culture and tradition. The first representatives of the Sami made a living from hunting and fishing. Domestication of reindeer in the 16th century. caused the transformation of an economy based on hunting into an economy based on itinerant breeding of these animals. Although the reindeer still play …

Sami – History

History: The oldest written testimony of the Sami concerning the Sami was written by the Roman historian Tacitus v 98 r. neither. W 555 r. neither. The Greek Prokopius mentioned Scandinavia, named Thule, that is, the farthest north, and about the people who live there, named skridfinns. …

Sami

Sami

The Sarnów ethnic minority is the most numerous ethnic minority in Norway (nor. samer, formerly called the Sami), in number 40 000 – 45 000 people. This one is cold-resistant, once a wandering people for centuries inhabited northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia. The basis of the existence of the Sami was …