Sámi National Day

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Day of the Sámi People
Sápmi
Sámi musical event in Oslo, Sámi National Day 2012
Sámi flag flying at the University of Helsinki on Sámi National Day

The Sámi National Day[a] is an ethnic national day for the Sámi (Saami) people that falls on February 6, the date when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway.[1] The congress was the first time that Norwegian and Swedish Sámi came together across national borders to work on finding solutions to common problems.

In 1992

International Year of Indigenous People was proclaimed open in Jokkmokk, Sweden by the United Nations
.

Since then, celebrating the day has become increasingly popular. In Norway, it is compulsory for municipal administrative buildings to fly the

Norwegian flag, and optionally also the Sami flag, on February 6. Particularly notable is the celebration in Norway's capital Oslo, where the bells in the highest tower of Oslo City Hall play the Sami national anthem as the flags are raised.[2] Some larger places have taken to arranging festivities in the week around the Sami National Day. The National Day has been included in the almanacs published by the University of Helsinki since 2004.[3] The Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish authorities recommend general flagging on the day.[3]

By coincidence, February 6

Kola Sobbar, has been dubbed the "first Sámi Parliament" by the researcher Johan Albert Kalstad. However, the founding of the Kola Sobbar did not influence the choice of the date for Sámi People's Day, as the assembly existed only during the late 1800s and was largely forgotten until the early 2000s.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. Southern Sami: Saemiej åålmegebiejjie; Norwegian: Samenes nasjonaldag; Swedish: Samernas nationaldag; Finnish
    : Saamelaisten kansallispäivä

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Sami People's Day celebrated Friday". The Norway Post. February 6, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Aslaksen, Eilif (February 4, 2009). "Dette skjer på nasjonaldagen" [This Happens on National Day]. NRK (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Saamelaisten kansallispäivä 6.2". Sámediggi (in Finnish). October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ The first Kola Sobbar meeting was on January 25, 1868 O.S., which correlates to February 6 N.S.
  5. ISBN 978-5-85510-328-1
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