The Sámi (/ ˈsɑːmi / SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi -speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

Away from their own land, the Coastal Sami were forced to adapt to a new way of living. Already by 1940, having gone through various intentional or unintentional assimilation processes, many distinctively [Coastal Sami] traits had disappeared.

The forecast was not ideal—we were headed north into an expected northerly wind—but that first evening there was still a gentle southerly breeze, perfect for our first forays into Lapland’s …

The genetic lineage of the Sami is unique, and may reflect an early history of geographic isolation, genetic drift, and genetic bottle-necking. The uniqueness of the Sami gene pool has made it one of the most extensively studied genetic populations in the world.

Feb 6, 2025 · Scandinavian anthropologists now believe that it was the Sea Sami, who taught the Bronze Age peoples of southern Scandinavia how to build the craft, which evolved into the famous, Viking Era Långbåter (Longboats). Here is the photo of a Kanza woman, taken in 1867 that was shown in the previous article.

Sápmi (Northern Sami: [ˈsapmi]) [1] 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.

Aug 3, 2008 · The Sea Saami lived differently than the mountain Saami (Lappen) that only was living of wild animals, however both groups speak the same difficult language that is dissimilar to the language of the peasant population. The Mountain Saami and the Sea Saami were described as two classes of the same people both by Dass and by Troels-Lund.

ented skis. The earliest remains of skis have been found in Høting, Sweden, in a peat bog and date back 2500 to 4500 BCE.1 The Sámi—also commonly spelled Sami, Saami, or Same, and pronounced with a broad “a,” like Saw-me—have lived in Sápmi, the Sámi homeland, for thousan

The Sea Samis or their Proto-Sami precursors (whatever we would call them) can be considered the earliest known established expertise of both the area and its distinctive features.

The Sea Sami, or the coastal Sami people, have lived in relation with Finns and Norwegians, and this is also called “Tre stammers møte” (meeting between tree tribes). The fjord people have made their living from fishing and farming since ancient times up to the present.