Sim1 travels background information about the Samer, photos and travel stories
Travel pages about the Samer. Photos, tourist information, travel stories.
Overview of Saami costume
Hello all, Today I will do an overview of the costumes of the Saami people. Previously they were called Lapps, but this is not what they call themselves, and they consider the term to be pejorative. The origin of the word Lapp is controverted, but it may be from Old Finnish/Estonian for a place far away. The Land of the Saami; Sápmi, Sábme, or Saemie, depending on the Dialect, is split between four nation-states, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. It consists of the northern part of the…
Sami couple from Sweden 1868.1871. Samisk par fra Sverige 1868-1871. NMA.0036927
Sami couple from Sweden 1868.1871. Samisk par fra Sverige 1868-1871. NMA.0036927 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Southern Sami Gapta. Traditional clothing. Museum Saemien sitje, Snåsa, Norway. Sør-samiske kofter (Gapta, Gakti, Kolt). Snåsa, Trøndelag.
Photo by Orland, 2013. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Lisens: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Rare and fascinating photos of indigenous Sami people of The Nordic Areas
Long before Norway, Sweden, or Finland inscribed the names of their countries on the map of northern Europe, the Sami people roamed the Arctic terrains
Finnmark: Laila
The Movie Laila is a silent epic (165 min, 1929, directed by George Schneevoigt) filmed entirely in Norway. It follows the story of Laila, daughter of Norwegian merchants who live amongst the Sami people in the northern part of the country. The Sami (in olden days called 'Lapps', and not by their choice) were nomadic reindeer herders. One day, when Laila is still an infant, her parents embark on a journey to a neighboring town for her baptism, to be there at the church when the priest makes…
Robert Capa in colour sheds new light on a black-and-white master
One of the 20th century's most famous photojournalists, Robert Capa is renowned for his stark images of human conflict – but a New York exhibition of unseen colour shots could change all that
Livet måste gå vidare......
Ja, så är det....... Vi måste gå vidare i livet trots att vi drabbats av stor sorg och ledsamhet. Allt var så fint, så fint och högtidligt. Hoppas att Pappa i sin himmel tyckte det också. Massor av skog och natur på kistan, rosor och iskonvalj tillsammans med skogens alla mossor, granris, enris, pinnar med skägglav.....allt som tillhörde den natur han älskade och musik som han tyckte om, spelad av en mycket när och kär vän till mig som själv vet vilka vidder vår far trivdes i. Anki spelade…
Saami Joel Andersen, tatt Norway by Bonaparte 1884. Joel Andersen var født i 1848 på Mortensnes i Nesseby, Norge
saamiblog.blogspot.com/ This photo is part of a set of about 100 anthropological portraits made by Prince Roland Bonaparte, 1884. He traveled in all four countries of the Sami people: Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. I will in the future add a few more of Bonapartes photos in Saamiblog. Here are links to a few: Nils Henriksson www.primusweb.no/artifactView.do?idOwner=NF&idIdentif... Salomon Henriksson Pilto www.primusweb.no/artifactView.do?idOwner=NF&idIdentif... ¨ Anna Hurri…
Sami woman from Sweden. Samisk kvinne fra Sverige. Inga Åren.
saamiblog.blogspot.com/ NMA.0033065 Nordiska Museet Samisk kvinne fra Sverige. Sámi woman from Sweden, 1870 - 1898. Fotograf: Edlund, Hélène. Nordiska Museet, Stockholm.