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The Sami Town

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The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
The Sami Town
Phone:
+46 70 379 76 37

Address:
Arvidsjaur 933 31, Sweden

The Sami people are a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. The Sami have historically been known in English as the Lapps or the Laplanders, which have a derogatory implication in Scandinavia, but not elsewhere. Sami ancestral lands are not well-defined. Their traditional languages are the Sami languages and are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family. Traditionally, the Sami have pursued a variety of livelihoods, including coastal fishing, fur trapping, and sheep herding. Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding. Currently about 10% of the Sami are connected to reindeer herding, providing them with meat, fur, and transportation. 2,800 Sami people are actively involved in reindeer herding on a full-time basis. For traditional, environmental, cultural, and political reasons, reindeer herding is legally reserved for only Sami people in some regions of the Nordic countries.
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