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Skogssamer
The forest Sámi () are Sámi peoples, Sámi people who lived in the woods and who, unlike the reindeer-herding Sámi people (the "fell Sámi"), did not move up into the fells during the summer season. Historically, there have been forest Sámi in Sweden in the area ranging from northern Ångermanland to the far north. In the early 1600s the term ''granlapp'' was also used to refer to the Sámi people who paid taxes only to Sweden, compared to the semi-nomadic fell Sámi, who, since they worked in the fells that straddled the Swedish-Norway, Norwegian border, had to pay taxes to both countries. When Ernst Manker studied the life of the forest Sámi in the early 20th century, nearly all of their habitations had been abandoned. Only one forest Sámi village remained, in Malå in Västerbotten, an area known as Stenundslandet in Anundsjö. There is a modern-day group who consider themselves forest Sámi in Finland, but they are not part of the Sámi Parliament of Finland, Sámi parlia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur (; ; ) is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010. Arvidsjaur is a center for the European car industry. During the winter months, major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality. The town also fosters tourism by offering snowmobile tours, trekking, skiing, fishing and dogsled rides. History Arvidsjaur is a Swedish adaptation of the Ume Sámi word ''árviesjávrrie'', derived from ''árvies'' (“generous” or “one who gives abundantly”) and ''jávrrie'' (“lake”), referring to the fishing in the nearby lake of the same name. Aruens järff by was the Swedishized name of the Sámi village where the Arvidsjaur Church was built in 1607. In the Place Name Register, the variants *Arfwids Jerfwi by (1606) and Arfwids Järfwi (1607) are documented. Sport The following sports clubs are in Arvidsjaur: * IFK Arvidsjaur Transport Arvidsjaur has e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malå
Malå (, ) is a locality and the seat of Malå Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 2,050 inhabitants in 2010. History The Swedish name Malå comes from the Sami ''Máláge''. The origin is unclear, but the word might derive from "málle," which means blood or sap. A later interpretation is that Máláge refers back to the Swedish name, which was associated with the river (Måll-ån in 1553). It has been assumed that the river's name comes from the Swedish dialect word "mal," meaning 'sand, gravel, or small stones. Malå is the parish village in Malå parish and was part of Malå rural municipality after the municipal reform of 1862. On May 30, 1941, the Malåträsks municipal community was established for the village, which was dissolved on December 31, 1952. Between 1971 and 1974, and since 1983, the village has been part of Malå Municipality, where it is the central locality. Between 1974 and 1983, the village was part of Norsjö Municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tree Line
The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing and beyond which they are not. It is found at high elevations and high latitudes. Beyond the tree line, trees cannot tolerate the environmental conditions (usually low temperatures, extreme snowpack, or associated lack of available moisture). The tree line is sometimes distinguished from a lower timberline, which is the line below which trees form a forest with a closed Canopy (biology), canopy. At the tree line, tree growth is often sparse, stunted, and deformed by wind and cold. This is sometimes known as (German for "crooked wood"). The tree line often appears well-defined, but it can be a more gradual transition. Trees grow shorter and often at lower densities as they approach the tree line, above which they are unable to grow at all. Given a certain latitude, the tree line is approximately 300 to 1000 meters below the permanent snow line and roughly parallel to it. Causes Due to their vertical s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sámi Languages
The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia). There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the Sámi languages, including ''Sámi'', ''Sami'', ''Saami'', ''Saame'', ''Sámic'', ''Samic'' and ''Saamic'', as well as the Endonym and exonym, exonyms Lappish and ''Lappic''. The last two, along with the term ''Lapp'', are now often considered pejorative. Classification The Sámi languages form a branch of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family. According to the traditional view, Sámi is within the Uralic family most closely related to the Finnic languages (Sammallahti 1998). However, this view has recently been doubted by some scholars who argue that the traditional view of a common Finno-Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noaidi
A noaidi (, , , , , , ) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic countries, playing a role in Sámi religious practices. Most ''noaidi'' practices died out during the 17th century, most likely because they resisted Christianization of the Sámi people and the king's authority. Their actions were referred to in courts as " magic" or "sorcery" (cf. witchcraft). Several Sámi shamanistic beliefs and practices are similar to those of some Siberian cultures.Voigt 1966: 296 Description and history Noaidis, often referred to as the "Sámi shamans", are the traditional healers and protectors of the Sami people. Noaidis are considered to have the role of mediator between humans and the spirits. To undertake this mediation, the noaidi are believed to be able to communicate with the spirit world, and to ask what sacrifice needed to be made by a person so that he might return to good health and be successful in the hunt for food. Sacrifices designed by the noaidi are understood to reest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolaus Lundius
Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to: In science: * Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the Solar System * Nicolaus Otto (1832 – 1891), a German engineer In mathematics: * Nicolaus I Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician * Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician * Nicolaus Rohlfs, an 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars In literature: * Nicolaus Becker, a German lawyer and writer, the author of the '' Rheinlied'' * Nicolaus of Damascus, a Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age In music: * Nicolaus Bruhns, a German composer * Nicolaus Zacharie, an Italian composer of the early Renaissance In Christianity: * Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, a German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church * Nicolaus Taurellus, a German philosopher and theologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Rheen
Samuel Rheen ( – 1680) was a Swedish priest, known for the work ''En kortt Relation om Lapparnes Lefwarne och Sedher, wijdskiepellsser, sampt i många Stycken Grofwe wildfarellsser'' 'A brief treatise of the life and culture of the Sami, and their superstitions''(1671), being one of the earliest descriptions of Sami mythology and Sami noaidi. He grew up in Böle in Piteå and worked as a minister in Jokkmokk 1664/6-1671 and then in Råneå in Luleå until 1680. His treatise was commissioned by the government as a part of a larger work describing the life and faith of the Sami. Together with other, similar "clergy correspondences", it served as a source for Johannes Schefferus and his book ''Lapponia Lapponia ('Lapland') may refer to: * Lapland (other), various regions in northern Scandinavia * Lapponia (book), ''Lapponia'' (book), a 1673 ethnographic account of Lapland by Johannes Schefferus * Lapponia (train), a Finnish express passen ...'' in 1673. His treatise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goahti
A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi) or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also ''gábma''), (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''gamme'', Finnish language, Finnish: ''kota'', Swedish language, Swedish: ''kåta''), is a Sámi people, Sámi Hut (dwelling), hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The fabric-covered goahti looks very similar to a Sami lavvu, but often constructed slightly larger. In its tent version the goahti is also called a 'curved pole' lavvu, or a 'bread box' lavvu as the shape is more elongated while the lavvu is in a circular shape. Construction The interior construction of the poles is thus: 1) four poles curved at one end ( long), 2) one straight horizontal center pole ( long), and 3) approximately a dozen straight wall-poles ( long). All the pole sizes can vary considerably. The four curved poles curve to about a 130° angle. Two of these poles have a hole drilled into them at one end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gällivare
Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation with some 15,000 inhabitants. Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan railway line, about 60 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Gällivare is located in a major iron ore mining region. Adjacent to Gällivare (about five kilometres) is Malmberget, known as a site for iron ore extraction from deep mines by LKAB. In addition Aitik, one of Europe's largest open pit copper mines, is operated just twenty kilometers away by Boliden AB. Outside Gällivare lies the ski resort Dundret, which is equipped with six ski lifts and ten groomed slopes along with a conference center and hotel. The ski season stretches from the end of October all the way into early May. The town has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
