Sápmi Pride (; ; ) is a pride festival with
Sápmi
is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia, stretching over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle, boun ...
focus arranged annually since 2014.
History
The festival, organised by
Queering Sápmi, took place for the first time in 2014 in
Kiruna
(; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...
, in
Swedish Lapland
Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland, is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders the Swedish provinces of Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, and Norrbotten, as well as Norway and Finland. Nearly a quarter of Sweden's ...
. The festival, which went on for four days, featured a performance by Sápmi singer
Sofia Jannok, and a parade of 300 participants which traveled through the central city. The following year, the festival took place in
Karasjok Municipality
or (Northern Sami language, Northern Sami; ) (also: ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Karasjok (village), village of Kara ...
in Northern Norway.
Maxida Märak
Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak (born 17 September 1988) is a Swedish-Sámi joik singer, hip hop musician, actress and activist. Märak is a human rights activist with a special interest in the rights of the Sámi people. She has taken part in protest ...
performed at the festival and there were workshops with
Asta Balto and
Erland Elias.
The fourth Sápmi pride took place in
Inari in Finland in 2017,
the first time the event had been held in Finnish Sápmi. The theme of the festival was generations and solidarity, and it featured discussions with journalist Martta Alajärvi, drama director
Pauliina Feodoroff
Pauliina Feodoroff (born 1977 in Inari, Finland) is a Skolt Sámi film director, theater director, screenwriter, and Sápmi advocate. An active advocate of Sámi culture and Sámi rights, she has served as Chair of the Saami Council.
Biography
Pa ...
. In 2018, Sápmi Pride took place in
Östersund
Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...
in Sweden.
Events
References
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Pride parades in Europe
Sámi festivals
LGBTQ in Norway
LGBTQ events in Sweden
LGBTQ events in Finland