Sámi Parliament of Norway
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The Sámi Parliament of Norway is the representative body for people of Sámi heritage in Norway. It acts as an institution of cultural autonomy for the Sami people of Norway.
Sámi Parliament of Norway
Plenary 2013–17
Aerial photo of the parliament
Plenary of the inaugural Sámi Parliament in 1989
Northern Sámi
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Northern or North Sámi is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The number of Northern Sámi speakers is estimated to be somewhere between 15,000 and 25,000. About 2,000 of these live in Finland and between 5,000 and 6,000 in Sweden, with the remaining portions being in Norway.
Trilingual international border sign (Finnish, Swedish and Northern Sámi) on the E8 road at the border between Norway and Finland, at Kilpisjärvi, Finland
A page from the 1638 edition of Swenske och Lappeske ABC Book with the Lord's Prayer in what is believed to be Northern Sámi