The Sea Sami
Food in Nord-Troms
Food traditions in North Troms are influenced by three cultures that have merged; Sami, Kven and Norwegian. The Sea Sami were permanent residents and lived from fishing and small-scale farming, but the culture has also been influenced by migrant Sami who had summer grazing here.
The KvensFood and recipesCustoms, traditions and beliefs
Skibotn market
In Skibotn, Storfjord, was one of the most important markets in Northern Norway, Ivgobađamárkan / Skibotn Market. The market was a natural meeting place for people from inland and coastal areas.
The KvensIndustry and nature use
Fjærabuene in Birtavarre
North of Birtavarre there are several shoreline arches lined up along the seashore. Eight of these are examples of Sea Sami building techniques from the 19th century. The huts were used to store seafaring tools and fishing equipment, but were too small to house the boats.
Architecture and building traditions
Agriculture and animal husbandry
The combination of animal husbandry and fishing characterised the Sea Sami areas for hundreds of years. The families were self-sufficient in what nature had to offer from the sea, the land and the countryside.
History and religion
Skardalen cultural landscape
Skárfvaggi / Skardalen is a small Sea Sami village in Kåfjord. In 2009, the village was selected as a national cultural landscape in agriculture.
Architecture and building traditionsHistory and religionIndustry and nature use
Range / Goahti
A gamme is an earthen hut built from tree trunks and covered with earth and/or peat. In some places in northern Troms, gammes were used as dwellings, barns and boathouses right up until the Second World War.
Architecture and building traditionsHistory and religion
Life in Kjerringdalen before 1940
In the summer of 1936, Jan Güettler, (1917 - 1944), and his film expedition hiked from the mountains of Lapland to the coast of the Arctic Ocean. They made film recordings that later became the short film «Nordanfärd». This journey brought Güttler to Kjerringdalen for the first time.
History and religion
About Skárfvaggi / Skardalen
Skárfvaggi / Skardalen is a small Sea Sámi fjord village in Kåfjord in Troms.
Industry and nature use
The Skardalen cultural landscape
In 2009, the village of Skárfvaggi / Skardalen in Kåfjord was chosen as Troms County's cultural landscape in agriculture.
Industry and nature use
Evacuation gamma in Gárdegohppi
In 2014, 70 years after it was burnt down and evacuated, the hamlet that housed around 40 people and some animals was rebuilt in Gárdegohppi, Skardalen.
