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An ongoing programme of art and architecture interventions along Norwegian roads prioritises tourism over local and ...
Tapio Luoma’s words were the latest in a series of apologies through which the former state churches in Scandinavia have sought to reset their relations with the Indigenous population of Sápmi, the ...
Today, the region is divided between Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. For thousands of years, the Sámi population lived by hunting, fishing and reindeer husbandry along the northern edges of ...
A recent climate initiative by the Norwegian government is facing opposition from the Saami Indigenous people, whose territories are directly affected. The proposed 54-kilometer power line would be ...
The Sami are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic region of Sapmi, which encompasses parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
Norway’s Indigenous artists are gaining profile at home and abroad. A significant milestone came in 2022, when the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was rebranded as the Sámi Pavilion ...
Last week, Norway’s Parliament, the Storting, issued an unreserved apology for its assimilation policies towards Sami, Kven and Forest Finn peoples. It also laid out a series of resolutions to ...
Norway's parliament formally apologised for trying to suppress the languages and culture of minority and indigenous groups earlier this week.
Norway’s Parliament already has a working relationship with the Sami Parliament, an independent elected assembly established in 1989, and Mr. Harberg, the Conservative lawmaker, said the formal ...
A case before Norway's Supreme Court could see an area in the north of the country transferred to local, Indigenous control and would be the first time such a land claim succeeded in Europe. If it ...
Norway has resolved a nearly three-year dispute with the Sami people over Europe's largest onshore wind farm. The agreement allows the wind farm's turbines to remain operational.