Eugenics, Admixture, and Multiculturalism in Twentieth-Century Northern Sweden: Contesting Disability and Sámi Genocide

• Main Author: Marttinen, Terry-Lee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2022
• Subjects: eugenics; race; Nordic colonialism; Laestadianism; Sámi; admixture; genocide; Finn; Lundborg; Northern Sámi; Northern Sweden; Norrbotten
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7jt3083n

This article examines twentieth-century northern Swedish geographical isolate studies in Norrbotten Province involving Torne-Finns and northern Sámi, who have historically shared pronatalist Laestadian religious beliefs pathologized by mainstream eugenicists. Deemed a sign of religious fanaticism, L...