The Sami people, also spelled Sámi or Saami, are the Arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway... Their traditional language is the Sami language and is classified as a branch of the Uralic- Turanian language family. | Great Spirit of Turan

Lapland spans the Arctic regions of four countries and includes the homeland of the Indigenous Sámi people. This snowy destination is also the home of a specially built village, where every year half a million letters addressed to Santa arrive from around the world and are sorted, by hand, by the elves. #EuropeFromAbove is now streaming on Disney . | National Geographic History

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In the frozen north of Scandinavia and Russia, archaeologists have unearthed bone armor unlike anything else in the Viking world — hundreds of small reindeer bone plates, drilled and laced together with sinew to form a flexible tunic. Discovered in Siberian and northern Finnish sites connected through Viking trade routes, this armor was likely used by Finnic and Sámi warriors, whose knowledge deeply influenced Norse survival in Arctic warfare. Each plate was carved to overlap like fish scales, c

Sami Stories ❤️💚💛💙 The Sami culture is as diverse as the Arctic nature of its traditional lands. Ancient sounds, traditional handicraft, and a long-standing reindeer culture. But also a modern, revitalised identity, and a vibrant cultural scene. 👇 Read about the Sami – the indigenous people of the North. 📸 Sokki Adventure | Visit Norway