Tag: Sami
Sami Pajari was so popular that he didn’t have time to eat – raved about the rally legend | Sport
Sami Pajari can soon reach the top positions with Toyota’s Rally1 car. The story in a nutshell Sami Pajari was a popular name at the media days of AKK, the…
Piteå becomes a Sami administrative municipality: “I feel relieved”
It was in January 2024 that the municipality of Piteå submitted the application and now the government has decided that Piteå will become Sweden’s 27th Sami administrative municipality. – I…
Now comes the children’s program Unnit in Southern and Lule Sami
Unnit premiered on SVT in August. Then the program was in Northern Sami and Meänkieli. The program is for the very youngest with a target group of 2-year-olds where the…
Never before have so many people taken part in Sami news
When SVT Sápmi launched its own site in December 2021, expectations were modest. Based on how many people took part in Sami news, news in the past, SVT calculated fewer…
New study: Carved trees are traces of Sami sacrificial rituals and sacred places
In the untouched forests that remain in northern Sweden, it is possible to find centuries-old pines with unknown patterns carved or carved into the trunk. Lars Östlund encountered them from…
The Sami Association: Time to make Sami culture visible now
It was on December 6 that it became clear that Kiruna would become the EU’s capital of culture in 2029. In its application, Kiruna has highlighted several times that there…
The Sámi Parliament consults on how the voter lists should look
It was the Sámi Parliament on the Norwegian side of Sápmi that initiated the meeting with the colleagues from the other countries. The meeting was attended by, among others, Pirita…
Rally Sweden is planning rally routes on pastures – despite the Sami villages’ protests
Rans Sameby already put his foot down last summer. Then they informed the rally organizers that they oppose races on their turf in 2025. Rally Sweden has been organized in…
Battle for voting rights ahead of the elections to the Sami Parliament
100 people’s right to vote is appealed • “A way to get rid of those who don’t vote for the right party” In May next year, the elections to the…
The Sami language center receives three million kroner less from the government
Criticism of the minority policy has come from several quarters. In addition to criticism from the opposition and minority organizations, the Council of Europe’s expert committee for minority languages also…