Winter Market, Jokkmokk, Sweden
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sites connected with Lapland and the Scandinavian
sub-arctic.
Tourism and General Information
Sites for Scandinavia, Lapland, and the Barents Region:
Visit Sweden travel and tourism info
Visit Finland travel and tourism info
Visit Norway travel and tourism info
Barents
Info portal
to the Barents region
Icehotel in
the village of Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometers north of the
Arctic Circle in Sweden
A guide to Kiruna and
its major attractions
The Norwegian
Coastal Voyage
Santa's
Post Office at Santa's Village in Rovaniemi,
Finland
Basic Introductions
to Sami Culture on the Web:
Sápmi
A site maintained by the Swedish Sami, with one of the best all-round
introductions to Sami politics, history, and culture
Virtual
Finland
Information about the Finnish Sami
The
Sami of Norway
An article by Elina Helander
Explore
North
An article by Wenke Brenna on the Sami in Norway
Oktavuohta
A digital magazine on Sami culture, produced in English by the
Sami Parliament in Finland
Museums, Institutes,
and Cultural Festivals
Nordic
Sami
Institute in Kautokeino, Norway
Centre
for Sami Studies at the University of Tromsø in Norway
The
Sami Museum in Karasjok, Norway, with the largest collection
of Sami artifacts in Norway
Ájtte
Museum in Jokkmokk, Sweden, has a focus on Sami culture
and northern nature
SIIDA in
Inari, Finland, is the home of the Sami Museum
and the Northern Lapland Nature Centre. The site also links to
Skábmagovat—The Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival,
held the last weekend of January.
Arktikum
A major museum in Rovaniemi, Finland, that focuses on Northern
culture, history, and natural sciences
The winter
festival in Jokkmokk, Sweden, held the first week
in February—for the last four hundred years
U.S. Organizations and Sami Studies
www.utexas.edu
The University of Texas Sami culture and language course
website offers scientific and experiential information on
Sami culture.
BÁIKI: The
International Sami Journal is a major
English-language source of information about Sámi arts,
literature, history, spirituality, and environmental concerns.
It also covers news of North American Sami community events.