Sweden to be quizzed on Sami rights
This week, representatives from the Swedish state will be questioned by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Culture (Sweden)
Arctic city of Kiruna competing for the European Capital of Culture title
Sweden and Poland will each host one European Capital of Culture in 2029. In Sweden, two towns are fighting it
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2022 Gollegiella Nordic Sami language prize awarded in Stockholm
A professor who devoted his career to preserving and promoting Sami languages received the 2022 Gollegiella Nordic Sami language prize
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Award-winning novel set in Sapmi to get Netflix treatment
A novel by Swedish writer Ann-Helen Laestadius about a woman’s struggle to defend her Indigenous heritage in Sapmi will be
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Moose on the move — the latest subject for “slow TV” in Sweden
Viewers can once again watch moose – or European elk – head down to their summer pastures as part of a
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Can crossborder cooperation help decolonize Sami-language education?
By Eilís Quinn Web editor: Mathiew Leiser
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The Arctic railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?
The Arctic railway The Arctic railway Building a future… or destroying a culture? By Eilís Quinn An Indigenous nation divided
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Sweden, Norway team up to preserve ancient rock carvings
Sweden and Norway are working together to better preserve thousand-year-old rock carvings, like the ones found on runestones. Freezing water
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Moose migration in northern Sweden makes for “contemplative” slow TV
They have been travelling the same journey, waiting for the ice to melt, for 9,000 years. The elks or moose
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Film exploring racism against Sami wins big at Swedish film awards
“The Nile Hilton Incident” and “Sami Blood” took home gold at this week’s Guldbagge ceremony presented by the Swedish Film
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Sami Blood: A coming-of-age tale set in Sweden’s dark past
After receiving accolades at major festivals around the world, Sami Blood has its Nordic premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival
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New Nordic Noir drama to be set in Arctic Sweden
Björn Stein, one of the directors behind The Bridge, spoke to Radio Sweden about what makes the Arctic mining town of
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Former Nunavut politician’s Swedish roots to be subject of documentary film
Nearly a century after Swedish explorer and fur trader Petter Norberg left his homeland for a life of adventure in
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Swedish archbishop wants ‘truth commission’ for abuse against indigenous Samis
Archbishop Antje Jackelén wants Sweden to set up an independent commission that will look into the state’s injustices against the country’s indigenous
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College to offer course in professional gaming
A community college in Northern Sweden is offering “elite” training in the Counter Strike computer game, with the aim of
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