Rennomadismens dilemma : det rennomadiska samhällets förändring i Tuorpon och Sirkas 1760-1860

• Main Author: Kvist, Roger
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Umeå universitet, Historiska studier 1989
• Subjects: Reindeer pastoralism; Saami; Lapps; 18th—19th century Sweden; Lule lappmark; ethnohistory; history; anthropology; Ethnology; Etnologi; Historia; Animal and Dairy Science; Husdjursvetenskap; Social and Economic Geography; Social och ekonomisk geografi; Jokkmokk; Lule Lappmark; Norway; saami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100709

The areas of study for this dissertation are the Turopon and Sirkas lappbyar (communities) in the parish of Jokkmokk during the period 1760—1860. The starting point for discussion is a decrease in population through migration to Norway, from 667 inhabitants in 1781, to 353 in 1868. The primary cause...