Indigenous Norwegians
The sámi people ˈ s ɑː m i.
Indigenous norwegians. The sami people are one of several indigenous peoples in the far north. That same year the government submitted new legislation to give the sami language equal legal status with norwegian and to increase the possibilities for using sami in an official context. In several of the countries of latin america for example the indigenous population constitutes a substantial majority of the population. The sami people live in four countries.
Article 1b of the ilo convention concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries c169 1989 ratified by norway in 1990 defines indigenous peoples in the following manner. 80 000 of whom around half live in norway. The total population in these four countries is estimated at approx. The sami people also sámi or saami traditionally known in english as lapps or laplanders are an indigenous finno ugric people inhabiting the arctic area of sápmi which today encompasses parts of far northern norway sweden finland the kola peninsula of russia and the border area between south and middle sweden and norway.
Sápmi extends over four different countries norway sweden finland and russia. Norway ratified ilo convention 169 of 1989 on the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples in 1990. Norway sweden finland and russia. Slightly under half of these people talk sami.
Also spelled sami or saami are an indigenous finno ugric people inhabiting sápmi which today encompasses large northern parts of norway sweden finland and the kola peninsula within the murmansk oblast of russia the sámi have historically been known in english as lapps or laplanders but is regarded as offensive by some sámi people who prefer the area.