But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country's main language.

Director Katja Gauriloff has made history with “Je’vida,” the first feature shot in the Skolt Sámi language. “It’s my native tongue, but because of forced assimilation in Finland [of ...

The number of those who learn their mother language to get over the historical trauma and for emancipation has been on the increase among Sámis, an indigenous people in Scandinavia. What does this ...

The director's latest feature, 'Je'vida,' won the top prize in Helsinki at the Finnish Film Affair’s showcase of fiction works in progress.

The Sámi Parliament in Finland is urging the government to keep the Sámi psychosocial support unit Uvjj – Uvjâ – Uvja running ...

In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union. Speaking on ...

Sami Parliament of Norway has chosen Acapela Group to develop North Sami language text-to-speech. A small audience for usual developments of text to speech for new languages. But Sami text to speech ...

Amid national truth and reconciliation processes, Scandinavian churches are taking stock of their past policies toward the Sámi people.