Sámi people

Art

Helsinki Biennial 2025 unveils artist line-up

With a particular emphasis on artists from the wider Nordic region, Latin America and Asia, and with aims to incorporate Indigenous perspectives, Helsinki Biennial 2025 has revealed its participating artists.

31/03/2025

Travel News

Finland’s Sámi want to tell tourists the true story of who they are

A new wave of positive-impact experiences in northern Finland is finally allowing the Sámi to benefit from the tourism boom.

29/03/2025

Climate

Europe's Sámi peoples are using food diplomacy to save the Arctic

The Sámi community want to protect their long-earned gastronomic traditions across the continent.

14/07/2024

Art

Tallinn exhibition dives into the unique ecosystem of bogs

Approximately 6-7% of Estonia is covered in peatland (or bog), occupying an important place in local culture and folklore. A new Tallinn art show is exploring this curious landscape, reflecting on questions of memory, perception and conservation.

19/06/2024

Art

Meet Tomas Colbengston, winner of art's most prestigious print award

The Sámi artist is the latest recipient of The Queen Sonja Print Award, the world’s most important prize for printmaking.

12/06/2024

Design

Sámi Museum Siida named European Museum of the Year

The awards honoured museums and leaders across categories including inclusion, sustainability and community participation.

07/05/2024

Green News

Norway and Sami people end dispute over giant onshore wind farm

The wind farm fought against by Greta Thunberg will keep operating with compensation paid to Sami reindeer herders.

07/03/2024

Green News

Day after Sweden oil protest fine, Greta joins Norway wind farm fight

The activists say a transition to green energy shouldn’t come at the expense of the rights of Indigenous people.

12/10/2023

Finland

EU's only indigenous people vote in Sámi Parliament elections

With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi Parliament in Inari is an important body for Sámi people, despite its limitations.

04/09/2023

Nature

Why are Norwegian reindeer being killed for strolling into Russia?

Norway hopes to save money from Russia with this €500,000 fence fix to stop the Sámi reindeer herds crossing the border.

25/08/2023

Green News

Norway: Why wind energy should not come at the cost of Indigenous Sami

In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister's office against Europe's largest onshore wind farm

02/06/2023

Sweden

Sweden launches commission on injustices suffered by Sámi people

Between 20,000 and 40,000 Sámi people live in northern Sweden, although there is no official census.

04/11/2021

Green News

Norwegian wind farms violate rights of reindeer herders, says court

Norway's Supreme Court has ruled that two western wind farms have illegally encroached on the grazing land of Sámi reindeer herders.

11/10/2021

Conscious Travel

What’s it like to spend time with remote communities?

Jenny Southan travels to Lapland to stay with the only Indigenous community in the EU.

29/01/2021