The Sea Sami
Joik as an educational resource in kindergarten
You can use the website to create educational programmes for kindergartens about the Sami song form joik. Through joik, children and staff gain insight into the Sami cultural world. The website and films are a collaboration between different professional environments.
Art, music and literature
Joik - Audio and video
Joik, a collection of audio recordings and videos
Art, music and literature
Joik
Joik is the traditional song of the Sami people, and joiking is their traditional way of singing. The word joik comes from the Sami verb ”juoigat”, which means to joik. The joik tradition is an old one, and is considered one of the oldest vocal traditions in Europe.
Art, music and literature
Birtavarre mines
Only the ruins bear witness to the industrial adventure that took place in Ankerlia in Birtavarre from 1898-1919. The Birtavarre mines, also known as Verket, employed over 250 people at their peak. Swedes, Norwegians, Kvens, Sami, Finns and Russians worked here under very difficult conditions, and large quantities of copper ore were shipped out of the valley. For many of the workers, the cemeteries in Lyngen became their final resting place.
History and religionThe Kvens
Winter fishing
One winter's day at the beginning of February, my grandfather took me out to sea to pull cod nets. The nets he had...
Industry and nature use
Vegetables and berries
The most common types of berries were lingonberries, blueberries, crowberries, raspberries and cloudberries. The potato was the most important vegetable. It provided a lot of nutrition and was easy to grow. Here are recipes for vegetables and berries from North Troms.
Food and recipes
Fish toppings
Here are some recipes for homemade fish spreads that were common in Nord-Troms. Smoked caviar made from cod roe (Nordreisa) To...
Food and recipes
Articles by Idar Kristiansen in Vi menn
Author Idar Kristiansen also worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers and magazines. He regularly contributed articles to Vi menn in the period 1971-1979. We have collected his articles here.
Art, music and literature
Hymns and songs - Generation Choir
Play hymns and spiritual songs from Lokten oaiván lávllodettiin
History and religion
Hellegropene on Arnøy
Árdni, Arnøy as the place is called in Norwegian, is an island in Skjervøy municipality, Arnøy is Norway's 15th largest island. On Arnøy we find traces of settlement dating back to the Stone Age.
