Educational Activities at the Sami Folk High School 1942-1982

• Published in: Creative Education
• Main Author: Hansson, Johan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier 2015
• Subjects: Sami; Folk High School; Indigenous Education; Folkhögskola; Samer; utbildning; utbildningshistoria; History; Historia; Other Humanities not elsewhere specified; Övrig annan humaniora; Educational Sciences; Utbildningsvetenskap; Keskitalo; sami
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-107106; https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2015.69090

The Sami folk high school started in 1942 as a school for young Sami that needed more education that the Swedish folk school or nomadic school offered its pupils. The school was managed by the Swedish mission society, an organization within the Swedish church. The school was successful but struggled...