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ﾃ）tte
ﾃ）tte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (), is a cultural and natural history museum in Jokkmokk in Lapland, Sweden. ﾃ）tte is a museum, which specializes in the culture and nature of the mountainous area of Northern Sweden, and which is also the main museum and archive for the Sami culture of Sweden. ﾃ）tte is also an information centre for tourism in Lapland. The word ''ﾃ｡jtte'' is a Lule Sami language one, meaning storage hut and referring to the museum as an archive for artifacts of the Sami cultural heritage. ﾃ）tte was inaugurated in June 1989 and has a staff of about 25 employees. The museum is owned and managed by a foundation, which was established in 1983 by the Swedish Government, the Norrbotten Region, the Jokkmokk Municipality and the two national Sami organizations Svenska Samernas Riksfﾃｶrbund (National Union of Swedish Sami people) and Same ﾃдnam (Sami land). According to an agreement on financing of the museum, which was entered into the same year, the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, provinces of Sweden, province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sﾃ｡mi name of the place (composed of the individual words and ) means "River's Curve," due to the meandering river that runs through it. As in other towns in Lapland, the Swedish language is dominant at an official level in Jokkmokk in modern times. The settlement is just north of the Arctic Circle. Talvatissjﾃｶn is located at the southern part of Jokkmokk. Jokkmokk is an important locality for the Sﾃ｡mi people and the location of several institutions related to them, including an education centre, the ﾃ）tte museum, and an office of the Sﾃ｡mi Parliament of Sweden. Jokkmokk was a transit center for Sﾃ｡mi refugees from Norway during World War II, in addition to the centre in Kjesﾃ､ter. Jokkmokk Market has been taking place since 1605. On the first Thursday in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
