6.10 - The Sami National Day (February 6)

Learn Norwegian with professional teacher at Norwegian Community: https://learn.norwegiancommunity.com/link/rNSsCh  Norwegian Community B1 level: https://learn.norwegiancommunity.com/link/rNSsCh?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.norwegiancommunity.com%2Fcourse%3Fcourseid%3Db1-komplett-kurs  Norwegian courses: https://skapago.teachable.com/?affcode=26285_sxv09qeu Email: [email protected] Support me here --> Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/laernorsknaa⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donasjon (Paypal): ⁠⁠⁠⁠Doner (paypal.com)⁠⁠⁠ For more content to learn Norwegian --> YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxdRJ5lW2QlUNRfff-ZoE-A⁠⁠⁠ The Sami, the indigenous people of Norway, has fought and is in some way still fighting to preserve their culture, and this has led to the creation of a Sami national day. February 6 is the national day for all Sami in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola-peninsula in Russia. It commemorates the first national meeting for the Sami in Norway in Trondheim in 1917, the first time a wide coalition of Sami in Norway gathered to discuss common Sami issues. This meeting was important in creating a common Sami movement. February 6 officially became the Sami national day in 1992. Today, the national day of the Sami is first and foremost celebrated in Sápmi, the northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula. It is celebrated by raising the Sami flag and serving traditional Sami food like bidos. In Manndalen in Northern Troms, far north in Norway, where I live, there was a Sami exhibition, Sami theatre, and Sami food at the Centre for northern peoples, a Sami cultural centre. In the rest of Norway, February 6 is marked by raising the Norwegian flag in all public spaces. This is to congratulate the Sami people on their national day. However, the day is hardly celebrated in the rest of Norway, and February 6 is not a holiday. That means that everyone has to go to work or school, in contrast to May 17.