Category page: sami people

The traditional Sami houses, the goahti, were in use until well into our own time. Anders Larsen tells us how he remembers them from the coastal Sami communities in northern Norway.

When there were no makeshift or permanent dwellings nearby, the Sami hunters and herders sometimes slept under the open sky.

In 1997, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway came to the Norwegian Sami Assembly with an essential and overdue apology.

Here are 12 historical photos representing the fascinating Sami culture – with deep roots in the Norwegian and Nordic landscape.