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Plenary 2013–17 Aerial photo of the parliament. The Sámi Parliament of Norway (Norwegian: Sametinget, Northern Sami: Sámediggi [ˈsaːmeˌtiɡːiː], Lule Sami and Pite Sami: Sámedigge, Ume Sami: Sámiediggie, Southern Sami: Saemiedigkie, Skolt Sami: Sääʹmteʹǧǧ) is the representative body for people of Sámi heritage in Norway.
Logo of the Norwegian Sámi Association NSR Members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway 2005–2009. The Norwegian Sámi Association (Northern Sami: Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi [ˈnorːkka ˈsaːmijt ˈrijːkaˌsea̯rːviː]; Lule Sami: Vuona Sámij Rijkasiebre; Southern Sami: Nøørjen Saemiej Rijhkesiebrie; Norwegian: Norske Samers Riksforbund), also known as NSR, is the largest Sámi ...
Sami Parliament of Sweden. The Sami Parliament of Sweden was established on 26 August 1993 in Giron (Kiruna). It has 31 representatives, elected every four years by general vote. The parliament is run by the Swedish Riksdag, therefore its actions must comply with decisions of the Riksdag, [13] which sometimes go against the elected Sámi ...
Sandra Andersen Eira (born 21 June 1986) [1] is a fisherwoman [2] and Norwegian Sámi politician from Russenes in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. [3] As of 2024 she is serving in the Ukrainian Marine Corps.
Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer. Energy ...
Muotka's Council is the incumbent governing council of the Sámi Parliament of Norway, headed by the President Silje Karine Muotka of the Norwegian Sámi Association.The governing council was installed on 21 October 2021, following the 2021 Norwegian Sámi parliamentary election.
In the previous election, held on 9 September 2013, the Norwegian Sámi Association, with former President of the Sámi Parliament Aili Keskitalo as their Presidential candidate, won a plurality, with 11 of the 39 seats, including 2 on a joint list with the Sami People's Party.
The 2009 Sámi parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. [1] Voters elected 39 members for the Sámi Parliament of Norway. The election saw significant losses for the two dominant parties in the Sámi Parliament, the Norwegian Labour Party and Norwegian Sámi Association.