Scandinavian Sami

Arctic People Galleries

Aslak Logje, a Sami man wearing traditional clothes for the Easter Reindeer races. Kautokeino, North Norway. 1996
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Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over a reindeer herders hut on the tundra. Karasjok. Sapmi. Norway. 2000
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Berit Logje, a Sami woman herder, walks among her family's reindeer herd before spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985
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Young Sami Nils Peter checks a reindeer before the migration. Kautokeino. Sapmi. North Norway. 1985
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Berit Logje, a Sami woman reindeer herder, antler at round-up near Kautokeino. Northern Norway. (1985)
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Sami herder, Johan Henrik, harnesses a reindeer to pull a sled on the migration. North Norway. 1985
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Sami father,Johan Eira,holds his son, Mikkel at a wedding in Kautokeino. They are dressed in traditional costume. Kautokeino, Finnmark Norway. (1985)
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Sami tent/lavvu made from birch poles & blankets has a fire burning inside. North Norway. 1985
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Sami herder, Johan warms himself by the fire in his tent during migration. Kautokeino, North Norway. 1985
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Sami woman herder, Marit, among her reindeer before the spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985
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Sami herder, Aslak, with his reindeer herd. Kautokeino, Sapmi. North Norway. 1985
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Sami herder's dog howls on command to keep migrating reindeer in a close group. Kautokeino, N.Norway. 1985
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Sami herder, Johan Henrik sits on his reindeer sled during spring migration. Kautokeino, N. Norway. 1985
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Young Saami girl, Inger Anne, leads sled Reindeer at the start of the Spring migration. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
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A Sami herder leads a train of reindeer sleds across the tundra on spring migration. Finnmark, Norway. 1985
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Reindeer herder, Johan Henrik, on skis leads his herd on the spring migration Kautokeino, N.Norway. 1985
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Saami reindeer herder, Johan Logje, rests with his feet up on his snowmobile handlebars. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985
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Reindeer migrate through the Kildal Valley to summer pastures. Travel is easier at night. Finnmark, N.Norway. 1985
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Sami reindeer herder, Aslak Logje, with a calf born at the end of the migration. North Norway. 1985
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Sami family, Johan-Hendrik, Inge-Anna, Nils-Peter, Berit Logje cook over the fire in the Lavo. Migration. Norway. 1972
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Saami woman by her Lavo (tent) at sunset. Spring Migration. Finmarksviida. North Norway. 1972
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Karen-Anna Logje, a Sami woman drives her reindeer sled on the spring migration. Northern Norway. 1972
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Saami herder in a boat leads his reindeer herd to summer pastures on an island. Norway. 1972
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Sami reindeer herder, Aslak Logje, takes his boat to summer pastures on an island. North Norway. 1985
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Sami reindeer herder, Aslak, by the frame of his tent / lavvu by summer pastures. North Norway. 1985
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Traditional Sami shoe made from reindeer skin. Norway. 1996
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Sami boy and girl in traditional clothing. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
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Decorative details on the back of a man's Sami tunic. Kautokeino, Norway. 1996
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Karen Ann Gaup racing her reindeer 'Silver Sputnik' during the Easter festival at Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. (1972)
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Sami family from Karasjok pose in traditional clothing after a confirmation service Karasjok. Sapmi. N. Norway. 2000
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Congratulations after the marriage of a Sami couple at Kautokeino Church. Finnmark, Norway. 1985
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Nils Johan and his wife May Torill wearing traditional Sami clothes at Easter Reindeer races. Kautokeino. Norway. (1996)
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Sami youth in Kofte with decorated wings wornover reindeer skin leggings. Karasjok. Sapmi. N.Norway. 2000
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A detail from the neck of a Kautokeino Sami man's Kofte (tunic). Sapmi. Finnmark, North Norway. 2000
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Young Saami ski behind reindeer during a race at Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Lake Sami cooks some dried reindeer meat and coffee on his fire. Inari. Finland. 1996
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Portrait of pretty Sami girl in a traditional hat and peske at the Jokkmokk Winter Market. Sweden
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Sami man in a traditional red pompom hat leads the procession at Jokkmokk's Winter Market. Sweden. Size to A4
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Lake Sami with his sled reindeer in light snow. Inari. Finland. 1996
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, ice fishing for Arctic Char on a lake near his reindeers' winter pastures. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Wearing a traditional hat, Sami Reindeer herder from Karasjok lassoeing reindeer. Sapmi, Karasjok. N. Norway. 2000
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Mattis and Marit-Anne Sara, Sami herders, move a reindeer in the corral pre migration. Karasjok. Sapmi. Norway. 2000
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, & his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. 2007
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A herd of reindeer grazing at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, relaxing while out keeping watch over his reindeer at their winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, throwing his lasso at his reindeers' winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Nils Peder Gaup, a Saami Reindeer herder, points out something to his son Issat while they are out keeping watch over their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Bell Reindeer with antlers silhouetted at sunset. Spring Migration. Finmarksviida. Norway. 1972
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Saami herder warms up by his stove after a day's work. Baddasjokha, Finnmark, Norway. 1990
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Moonrise over the church in the Finnmark town of Kautokeino in the Polar night. Northern Norway. 1990
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Ice sculpture of a shaman's drum outside the Atje Museum. Jokkmokk. Sweden
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Sami women in traditional clothes share a prayer book at a christening service in Kautokeino. North Norway. 1990
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Sami woman, Berit Logje with her daughter Inger Anne. She is reading her school report. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
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Laila, a Saami woman, sews yards of ribbon and trim onto her wedding dress. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
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Sami bride in all her finery and traditional jewelry at her wedding. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
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Sami girls congratulate each other after their confirmation service. Sapmi. Karasjok. North Norway. 2000
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Swedish forest Sami boy in traditional red pom-pom hat at a Spring festival in Kautokeino, North Norway. 1996
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, and his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer on a snowmobile. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, hangs reindeer and moose meat above a fire in his lavo (tent) to smoke it. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Inge Ellen, a Saami woman, helps her daughter Sara Lea put on a pair of traditional reindeer skin boots at their home near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Isak Triumf, a Saami reindeer herder, looks through the gap in a gate at a reindeer corral near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, & his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. 2007
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Saami women selling handicrafts at the Kautokeino Easter Festival. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
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Inger Anne, a Sami mother, with her baby daughter, Inger, in traditional cradle at her christening in Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. (1990)
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Sitting on a sled, Inga-Anna & her aunt Karen-Anna on a Sami spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1972
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17th Century Saami Shaman's magic drum from Vardø in Finnmark. North Norway. 2007
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