Scandinavian Sami

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Sami man in traditional clothes for Easter Reindeer races. Kautokeino, N.Norway. 1996
Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over a reindeer herders hut on the tundra. Karasjok. Sapmi. Norway. 2000

Sami woman herder, Berit Logje with her reindeer herd before spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985
Young Sami Nils Peter checks a reindeer before the migration. Kautokeino. Sapmi. North Norway. 1985

Sami woman reindeer herder, Berit Logje with cast antler at round-up near Kautokeino. Northern Norway. 1985
Sami herder, Johan Henrik, harnesses a reindeer to pull a sled on the migration. North Norway. 1985

Sami father and son at a wedding in traditional costume. Kautokeino, N. Norway. 1985
Sami tent/lavvu made from birch poles & blankets has a fire burning inside. North Norway. 1985

Sami herder, Johan warms himself by the fire in his tent during migration. Kautokeino, North Norway. 1985
Sami woman herder, Marit, among her reindeer before the spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985

Sami herder, Aslak, with his reindeer herd. Kautokeino, Sapmi. North Norway. 1985
Sami herder's dog howls on command to keep migrating reindeer in a close group. Kautokeino, N.Norway. 1985

Sami herder, Johan Henrik sits on his reindeer sled during spring migration. Kautokeino, N. Norway. 1985
Young Saami girl, Inga-Anna, leads sled Reindeer at the start of the Spring migration. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972

A Sami herder leads a train of reindeer sleds across the tundra on spring migration. Finnmark, Norway. 1985
Reindeer herder, Johan Henrik, on skis leads his herd on the spring migration Kautokeino, N.Norway. 1985

Saami reindeer herder, Johan Logje, rests with his feet up on his snowmobile handlebars. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1985
Reindeer migrate through the Kildal Valley to summer pastures. Travel is easier at night. Finnmark, N.Norway. 1985

Sami reindeer herder, Aslak, with a calf born at the end of the migration. North Norway. 1985
Sami family, Johan-Hendrik, Inge-Anna, Nils-Peter, Berit Logje cook over the fire in the Lavo. Migration. Norway. 1972

Saami woman by her Lavo (tent) at sunset. Spring Migration. Finmarksviida. North Norway. 1972
Karen-Anna Logje, a Sami woman drives her reindeer sled on the spring migration. Northern Norway. 1972

Saami herder in a boat leads his reindeer herd to summer pastures on an island. Norway. 1972
Sami reindeer herder, Aslak, takes his boat to summer pastures on an island. North Norway. 1985

Sami reindeer herder, Aslak, by the frame of his tent / lavvu by summer pastures. North Norway. 1985
Traditional Sami shoe made from reindeer skin. Norway. 1996

Sami boy and girl in traditional clothing. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
Decorative details on the back of a man's Sami tunic. Kautokeino, Norway. 1996

Berit Logje drives a winning circuit. Easter Reindeer Racing. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
Sami family from Karasjok pose in traditional clothing after a confirmation service Karasjok. Sapmi. N. Norway. 2000

Congratulations after the marriage of a Sami couple at Kautokeino Church. Finnmark, Norway. 1985
Sami couple wearing traditional clothes at Easter Reindeer races. Kautokeino. Norway. 1996

Sami youth in Kofte with decorated wings wornover reindeer skin leggings. Karasjok. Sapmi. N.Norway. 2000
A detail from the neck of a Kautokeino Sami man's Kofte (tunic). Sapmi. Finnmark, North Norway. 2000

Young Saami ski behind reindeer during a race at Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
Lake Sami cooks some dried reindeer meat and coffee on his fire. Inari. Finland. 1996

Portrait of pretty Sami girl in a traditional hat and peske at the Jokkmokk Winter Market. Sweden
Sami man in a traditional red pompom hat leads the procession at Jokkmokk's Winter Market. Sweden. Size to A4

Lake Sami with his sled reindeer in light snow. Inari. Finland. 1996
Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, ice fishing for Arctic Char on a lake near his reindeers' winter pastures. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Wearing a traditional hat, Sami Reindeer herder from Karasjok lassoeing reindeer. Sapmi, Karasjok. N. Norway. 2000
Mattis and Marit-Anne Sara, Sami herders, move a reindeer in the corral pre migration. Karasjok. Sapmi. Norway. 2000

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, & his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. 2007
A herd of reindeer grazing at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, relaxing while out keeping watch over his reindeer at their winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, throwing his lasso at his reindeers' winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

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
Bell Reindeer with antlers silhouetted at sunset. Spring Migration. Finmarksviida. Norway. 1972

Saami herder warms up by his stove after a day's work. Baddasjokha, Finnmark, Norway. 1990
Moonrise over the church in the Finnmark town of Kautokeino in the Polar night. Northern Norway. 1990

Ice sculpture of a shaman's drum outside the Atje Museum. Jokkmokk. Sweden
Sami women in traditional clothes share a prayer book at a christening service in Kautokeino. North Norway. 1990

Sami woman, Berit Logje with her daughter Inga-Anna. She reads her school report. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
Saami woman sews yards of ribbon and trim onto her wedding dress. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972

Sami bride in all her finery and traditional jewelry at her wedding. Kautokeino. Norway. 1972
Sami girls congratulate each other after their confirmation service. Sapmi. Karasjok. North Norway. 2000

Swedish forest Sami boy in traditional red pom-pom hat at a Spring festival in Kautokeino, North Norway. 1996
Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, and his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer on a snowmobile. Kautokeino, Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

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
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

Isak Triumf, a Saami reindeer herder, looks through the gap in a gate at a reindeer corral near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
Saami reindeer herder, Nils Peder Gaup, & his wife Inge Ellen, out checking their reindeer at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. 2007

Saami women selling handicrafts at the Kautokeino Easter Festival. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007
Sami mother with her baby in traditional cradle at christening. Kautokeino, Norway. 1990

Sitting on a sled, Inga-Anna & her aunt Karen-Anna on a Sami spring migration. Kautokeino. North Norway. 1972
17th Century Saami Shaman's magic drum from Vardø in Finnmark. North Norway. 2007
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