It has been a complicated build, as it was done entirely with traditional methods.
– This means that we opt out of modern tools that are powered by electricity, electricity or petrol. We also opt out of using nails, which is a relatively new phenomenon, says Magnus Antaris Tuoljas.
Cleaves with ax
– We split all the wood we use and have cut the logs in the forest only with an axe. We have tried to stick to as original working methods as possible, says Jörgen Stenberg.
Both have had to acquire the knowledge on their own.
– I have partly learned from Jörgen. Then there was also an education in cultural preservation with a focus on construction, says Magnus Antaris Tuolja.
For Jörgen Stenberg, the building has an emotional meaning.
– This horn is my grandmother’s and grandfather’s, and I grew up here. It means a lot that this place is kept alive, says Jörgen Stenberg.
Back to the roots
The program’s producer Mats Dante Jernudd thinks it is important to keep this tradition alive.
– It is important for the Sami minority but also for everyone who lives in Sweden. We want to return to our roots and there is a desire for the feelings that we reflect here, he says.
Magnus Antaris Tuolja states that the traditional knowledge risks being lost if it is not used.
– From an indigenous perspective, it is also important to be able to preserve the connection to our historical background and to show that we are the same people that existed before the colonization as after.