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

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Helland, Gaute Elvesæter, Stokstad, Jan
• 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; Norefjell; Norway; Rangifer; reindeer husbandry; sami
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1738; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.3.1738

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...