Swedish internet resources for the study of the Sámi people
The Sámi, as Europe’s only indigenous people, have a cultural heritage which is being carefully preserved in all four of the Nordic countries. There are some 20,000 Sámi people in Sweden; they inhabit Laponia in Swedish Lapland, which is situated just north of the Arctic circle and was designated a...
Published in: | Art Libraries Journal |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2008
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307472200015285 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0307472200015285 |
Summary: | The Sámi, as Europe’s only indigenous people, have a cultural heritage which is being carefully preserved in all four of the Nordic countries. There are some 20,000 Sámi people in Sweden; they inhabit Laponia in Swedish Lapland, which is situated just north of the Arctic circle and was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1996. This article highlights websites for Swedish Sámi research at a national level. |
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