The reindeer companies of southern Norway: Natural resources, husbandry, prerogatives and challenges (Article in Norwegian and in English)

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Gaute Elvesæter Helland, Jan Stokstad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005
• Subjects: concession reindeer husbandry; none-Sami reindeer herding; South Norway; reindeer husbandry introduction; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Norway; Norefjell; Rangifer; reindeer husbandry; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.3.1738; https://doaj.org/article/9108e6c035f547029201027e43141e87

From the middle of the 18th century there have been domesticated reindeer herds in the mountains of South-Norway. The people living in these areas, mostly farmers and hunters, bought reindeer from the Sami further east and north. Or Sami families came with their reindeer and started a new living. Th...