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The dislocation of Sámi people ( Northern Sami: Bággojohtin) was a process in which reindeer herding indigenous Sámi people were forcibly dislocated from Jukkasjärvi and Karesuando to areas further South in Sweden in the 1920s to 1940s. In total it included 300–400 people. After Russia had closed its borders, first to Norway in 1852 ...
Sámi history. A Sámi family in Norway around 1900. The Sámi people (also Saami) are a Native people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The traditional Sámi lifestyle, dominated by hunting, fishing and trading, was preserved until the Late ...
Since many do not have roots, they absorb nutrients, and toxic compounds, through their leaves. The lichens accumulated airborne radiation, and 73,000 reindeer had to be killed as "unfit" for human consumption in Sweden alone. The government promised Sámi indemnification, which was not acted upon by government.
Coordinates: 59°19′30″N 18°04′15″E. Stockholm Bloodbath as it was depicted in Blodbadsplanschen, 1524. The Stockholm Bloodbath (Swedish: Stockholms blodbad; Danish: Det Stockholmske Blodbad) was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The event is also known as the Stockholm massacre.
Decided. 23 January 2020. (2020-01-23) The Girjas case is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Sweden between the Girjas Sami village [sw] and the Swedish government concerning the right to issue hunting and fishing licenses within the Girjas district. [1] The result was that while the "Swedish Reindeer Husbandry Act" did not grant the ...
The herding area stretches from the border with Finland to the province of Dalarna, covering an area of 226 000 km 2 about 55% of Sweden. [8] Reindeer herding employs about 2,500 people in Sweden and the number of reindeer owners is a total of about 4,600 people. According to figures from 2005, 77% of the country's reindeer are owned by men. [9]
The reindeer's colouring is an important factor in determining the specific individuals to be sacrificed. The number of animals offered in communal sacrifice is usually either three or seven. [16] After a ritual with chanting prayers, the reindeer are killed and skinned without spilling any blood on the snow.
Honor related violence includes forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and other forms of coercion. According to the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society in 2009, about 70 thousand women and men reported pressure to marry against their will. In 2019, the Swedish Police Authority started to specifically track honor-related crimes, and ...