{"id":2154,"date":"2017-01-26T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:41:00","slug":"samenes-nasjonaldag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/samenes-nasjonaldag\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sami National Day is celebrated on 6 February in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The day also has the name Day of the Sami people <\/em>and Samish folk day<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sami National Day \/ S\u00e1mi \u00e1lbmotbeaivi is celebrated in commemoration of the first Sami National Assembly, which took place in Trondheim on 6 February 1917. For the first time, Sami people from all over S\u00e1pmi met to work for common Sami issues across borders. One of the initiators of the meeting was the freedom fighter\u00a0Elsa Laula Renberg<\/a>. She wanted the Sami to co-operate across national borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we stand alone, we can accomplish little or nothing. However, we have a common interest and must unite and become a force.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Laula Renberg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Sami National Day was adopted at the Sami Conference in 1992 and was celebrated for the first time in 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sami flag<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Sami flag is an important symbol for the celebration of the Sami National Day. The flag is made by the Sami artist Astrid B\u00e5hl<\/a> from Skibotn in North Troms, and was approved at the 13th Nordic Sami Conference in 1986. The motif on the flag is from the rune boom and the poem \u00abBeaivvi b\u00e1rtnit\u00bb written by the South S\u00e1mi Anders Fjellner<\/a>. In the poem, the Sami are portrayed as the son of the sun and the daughter of the moon. The circle in the flag symbolises the sun and the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sami flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
S\u00e1mi soga l\u00e1vlla - the Sami national anthem<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e1mi soga l\u00e1vlla<\/em> was adopted as the S\u00e1mi national anthem at the S\u00e1mi conference in \u00c5re in 1986. The text is a poem by Isak Saba<\/a>, which was written and published in Sagai Muittal\u00e6gja in 1906. Arne S\u00f8rli has set the poem to music. The text has been translated from North Sami to the other Sami languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text for S\u00e1mi soga l\u00e1vlla - The Sami people's song in Sami and Norwegian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current documents<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This is what the colours of the Sami flag mean, Aftenposten<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sami National Day, NRK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shame and pride, documentary series about the situation of the Sami in the North Calotte, NRK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first steps - The Sami Parliament through 25 years, NRK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Laula Renberg, \u00c1rdna, NRK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current articles and resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

National Day and Sami symbols, Sami Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reaidu - a tool for teaching Sami topics. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the reason why we celebrate Sami People's Day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Laula Renberg ii h\u00e1ll\u00e1n m\u00e1n\u00e1idisguin s\u00e1megiela, NRK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsa Laula Renberg, Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sami's first national meeting, digital book, National Library of Norway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles and resources, minstemme.no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of resources about the Sami National Day, Ovttas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Isak Saba, the Isak Saba Centre<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sami National Day is celebrated on 6 February in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The day is also known as Sami People's Day and Sami National Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historie-og-religion","category-samiske-merkedager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordligefolk.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}