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The Saami - Samer - Det Samiske - Samisk

http://saamiblog.blogspot.com/

About the indigenous Saami culture and people of the Nordic countries and the Kola Peninsula in Russia, their history and genetic migrations. It is meant as a resource blog, with art, videos, photos, music and identity issues and contains a lot of links to relevant websites.

• Added on: Jun 22nd, 2007
• Country: Norway
• Language: English

• Author: Saami
• Listed in: Culture Science
• Tags: music genealogy history genetics scandinavia antropology

Recent Posts

• The Ancient Gods of the Sami – De gamle samiske gudene

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 18:34

  This picture is an Illustration in "The History of Lappland" by John Scheffer. In Latin “Lapponia” by Johannes Schefferus, the first edition was published in 1673. The thunder God Thor or Tiermes is illustrated to the left with the sledge. The h...

• Sami Musical Instruments and More Old Photos - Samiske musikkinstrumenter og flere gamle foto

  Posted on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 06:21

  En samisk kvinne spiller Lur om kvelden. Tresnitt etter naturen av Emma Edwall (Stockholm) fra midten av 1800-tallet. A Sami woman is playing a Lur in the evening. Engraving after Nature by Emma Edwall (Stockholm), mid 1800 eds. Klikk på bildet /...

• Runes and "Serpent Worship" among the Sami - Samisk bruk av Runer og Slangetilbedelse

  Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 01:16

  Sami camp. Samisk nomadeleir. The picture is used with permission: Credits to Kunstantikvariat Pama AS Prior to the use of photography artists captured and portrayed culture and people. This is a picture made by A. Beaumont (1840) of Sami people near...

• Old Time Sami People Pictures - Gamle Bilder av Samer

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 01:50

  Samisk kvinne fra Kautokeino. A Sami woman from Kautokeino, Norway.Sami girls from Telemark in Southern Norway, 1880-90ies. Samiske jenter fra Telemark i Sør-Norge, 1880-90-tallet.Click on the picture. Klikk på bildet. An engraving after Nature: L...

• Bear Rites - Bjørneriter

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 07:02

  Photo credits: Norrbottens Museums Bildarkiv. Drawing Björnfesten or Bear Feast by Ossian Elgstöm (Published in 2002). Photo used with permission. Click on the picture / Klikk på bildet. Sami Shaman with drum and a horned hat during a Bear hunt r...

• Daniel Mortensson & Waren Sardne

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 14:36

  A painting of Daniel Mortensson. Et maleri av Daniel Mortensson. Artist: Ludvik Marius Eggen (1950). Internet source: Kildenett. Foto: Rørosmuseets arkiv. Foto brukt med tillatelse. Photo used with permission. Waren Sardne var en sørsamisk avis so...

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This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

RennyBA

A great blog about the Sami people in Norway!

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