Skardalen cultural landscape

Om Skárfvaggi / Skardalen

About Skárfvaggi / Skardalen

Northern peoples

Skárfvaggi / Skardalen is a small Sea Sámi fjord village in Kåfjord in Troms.

Kulturlandskapet Skardalen

The Skardalen cultural landscape

Northern peoples

In 2009, the village of Skárfvaggi / Skardalen in Kåfjord was chosen as Troms County's cultural landscape in agriculture.

Evakueringsgamma i Gárdegohppi

Evacuation gamma in Gárdegohppi

Northern peoples

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.

Reinbeitekommisjonen av 1913

The Reindeer Grazing Commission of 1913

Northern peoples

Prior to the 2019 Reindeer Grazing Convention, a commission was set up to investigate and regulate the boundaries for Sami reindeer husbandry between Norway and Sweden.

Ruth og Eliva lager blodpølser

Ruth and Eliva make black pudding

Northern peoples

Sisters Ruth Bergljot Larsen and Eliva Antona Henriksen from Skardalen make black pudding.