Land use rights a key issue in this year’s Sami parliamentary elections in Sweden
- On Sunday, members of Sweden’s indigenous Sami cast their ballots in the elections for the Sami Parliament.
- The Parliament is both a politically elected body as well as a state agency, which works for increased self-determination for Sami people.
- Radio Sweden spoke to Umea University professor Camilla Sandstrom”, who points at land use rights as a decisive question in this year’s election.
Radio Sweden
For more on the issues that animated the Sami elections this year, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
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