The reindeer grazing disputes continue for Ruvhten Sijte in Härjedalen.
Last spring, the Sami village had about half of its reindeer herd on the Norwegian side of the border, which made the State Administrator in Tröndelag threaten to drive the reindeer out by helicopter.
It never went that far, but instead Ruvhten Sijte was forced to pay a fine to the Norwegian state. The Sami village was later also reported to the police, a report that was later dropped.
But also this spring, the reindeer have returned to the Sámi village’s former pastures on the Norwegian side – and now the State Administrator in Tröndelag has sent a letter to the Sámi village that it may be relevant once again to use a helicopter to drive the reindeer out of Norway.
That causes Markus Rensberg, chairman of Ruvhten Sijte, to react.
– It would be downright terrible if they were to start with such things, he says P4 Jamtland.
Last winter, several meetings were also arranged between the Sami village, the government, the Sami Parliament and the County Administrative Board with the hope of finding solutions, but the situation is still unchanged.
– We have no alternatives, we will be fined if we are in Norway and we will be fined if we are on private land in Sweden, so it is a hopeless situation, says Rensberg.