The Survey of Use and Ownership Rights in Finnmark – A Change of Direction?

• Published in: International Journal on Minority and Group Rights
• Main Author: Ravna, Øyvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340; VDP::Social sciences: 200::Law: 340; Finnmarksloven / The Finnmark Act; Karasjok; Norway; Finnmark; Sámi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32469; https://doi.org/10.1163/15718115-BJA10054

In 2008, the Finnmark Act initiated a process of surveying land rights the Sámi and others may have in Finnmark, the core Sámi area of Norway. The Finnmark Commission, which was established to conduct the survey has completed six investigations. The assessments and conclusions in the first five repo...