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Reindeer herding in winter

Do you want to see some photos from the work with the reindeer? Many Sámi communities are bringing their reindeer together at the winter land.  See...

VisitSweden partner with Sápmi

  This is the beginning of a number of joint marketing efforts where responsible and sustainable Sámi tourism is highlighted by VisitSápmi and...

Autumn - harvest time in Sápmi

This morning, reindeer herders in Unna Tjerusj sámi community, comes to Ruokto for reindeer slaughter. After a couple of days of gathering reindeer...

Renhuvud

Renhuvud is a small family company that produces reindeer food products from 200 reindeers a year. Processing and smoking is done at their home in...

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Nutti Sámi Siida interviewed by VisitSápmi
Nutti Sámi Siida interviewed by VisitSápmi

Summer in Jukkasjärvi. As we talk the Icehotel flows past us in the Torne riv...

Reindeer sled trip
Reindeer sled trip

Nutti Sámi Siida  organizes long and short reindeer trips from his base camp ...

Autumn in Sápmi
Autumn in Sápmi

Autumn has come and the herds are gathered in from their grazing grounds in t...

VisitSápmi autumn
VisitSápmi autumn

The autumn is here and the reindeer are gathered by the herders.    

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Pressphoto_winterherd

  This press photo is free to use for articles and blog posts about VisitSápmi if you state the photographer's name. The photographer Carl-Johan Ut...

Pressphoto_autumnherd

  This press photo is free to use for articles and blog posts about VisitSápmi if you state the photographer's name. The photographer Carl-Johan Ut...

Fjällhästen

Photo: Staffan Widstrand    Fjällhästen is one of the most well established Sámi companies in Sápmi. Osvald and Malin offers a variety of riding...

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Winter herding
Winter herding

Many of the Sámi herding communities are bringing their reindeer herd down to...

Båtsuoj
Båtsuoj

World Heritage Laponia
World Heritage Laponia

Sunrise for the soul after a hard mornings trek to the summit.

Summer camp during the calf marking
Summer camp during the calf marking

The families follow the herds up to the mountains in the summer. During the...

Facts
Short history lesson - time travel

Older Stone Age Not much is known from this period. Recent research shows that groups of people, travelling north, inhabited the land along the...

Forests in Sápmi

  The forests in Sápmi are called the taiga or boreal. Taiga is the world's largest land biome, and makes up to about a quarter of the world's fore...

Nature is our culture

  The bedrock, the type of soil and prevailing climate determine the development of vegetation, which in turn determines animal life. Everything...

Who are the Sámi?

"We are here now; we have been here since the beginning. Hopefully we will live in Sápmi forever", Lennart Pittja, Vägvisaren/Sámi Pathfinder Sámi...