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  • Food for eight seasons

      Learn more about the traditional way Sámi food and the reindeer herding eight seasons merged into a culinary culture where nothing was wasted and natures produce was sourced with thought and wisdom. This article is written by Greta Huuva renowne...

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  • Sápmi branding

    Sápmi land of no borders       Many countries and destinations are working on branding. They want to work out what their core values are and then communicate this to the rest of the world. Thereby they hope to attract visitors and investors. For...

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  • Learn more about reindeer on this link

      What does the reindeer eat? How can the reindeer survive in such harsh climate? Read and learn more here!

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  • Sámi Fishing

    Fishing has played an important role in Sápmi. In particular the Arctic char has been a major source of food.     Fishing has always been an important source of income for many Sami. Some Sami use fishing as their primary source of income, and for...

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  • Hunting trips to Sápmi

      Photo: Magnus Ström  Even though there are vast resources for hunting trips organized by Sámi hunters restrictions and laws make commercial hunting trips few. The Sámi hunter is generally speaking an excellent hunting guide since hunting has bee...

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  • Hunting history

      Text from www.samer.se :  The Sami have not always been a reindeer herding people. Although the reindeer has long been the most important animal for the Sami, only a small proportion of the population, both historically and today, have based the...

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  • Summary of sport fishing

    To describe fishing in this part of the world is a major task. We have some of the world’s richest waters on the Atlantic Golf Stream. Inland waters offer an array of rivers, streams, lakes and the large brackish Baltic Sea. But, we will concentra...

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  • Summary of sport fishing

    To describe fishing in this part of the world is a major task. We have some of the world’s richest waters on the Atlantic Golf Stream. Inland waters offer an array of rivers, streams, lakes and the large brackish Baltic Sea. But, we will concentra...

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  • Sámi language

    Sami belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family as do Finnish, Estonian, Livonian and Hungarian. And these languages are consequently related to each other. Various other languages also belong to the same group and are spoken by people as far away...

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  • Skies over Sápmi

        In many ways the skies over Sápmi is like an enormous painting that changes shapes and colors during the day and the year. The evening glow of the sun can create light and color shows that rival any man made or natural scene. Then there are...

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