The Christian practice of the Varanger Sámi in the face of missionary activities and colonialism

• Published in: Scandia : Tidskrift för historisk forskning
• Main Author: Jernsletten, Jorunn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stiftelsen Scandia 2022
• Subjects: Sámi; Indigenous; Christianity; Colonialism; Mission; ursprungsbefolkning; kristendomen; kolonialism; Norway; Vadsø; North Sámi; Skolt Sámi; Varanger
• Online Access: https://journals.lub.lu.se/scandia/article/view/24803; https://doi.org/10.47868/scandia.v88i2.24803

How did the Sámi indigenous population in Varanger, the far north-east of Norway, perceive Christianity at the turn of the 18th century? In court records and written sources from missionaries, the Sámi are described as practicing Christian customs as part of their lived religion. The only Sámi prima...