Muitalægje
Encyclopedia
Muitalægje was the first Sámi
newspaper
, published in the Norwegian
town of Vadsø
. Its full name was Muittalægje čuvgetusa haliduvvidi sami gaskast (Tales for Sámi hungry for education/culture). It was published for the first time in 1873 and the last time in 1875 by the Norwegian police chief of Polmak
Christian Andreasen
, who also wrote the majority of its articles.
Sami people
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. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, published in the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
town of Vadsø
Vadsø
is a city and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality and the county of Finnmark....
. Its full name was Muittalægje čuvgetusa haliduvvidi sami gaskast (Tales for Sámi hungry for education/culture). It was published for the first time in 1873 and the last time in 1875 by the Norwegian police chief of Polmak
Polmak
Polmak is a village and a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Tana...
Christian Andreasen
Christian Andreasen
Christian Andreasen is a Danish football player who currently plays for Thisted FC in the Viasat Sport Divisionen. He has represented Randers FC in the Danish Superliga, and has played for Finnish club TPS Turku in the Veikkausliiga championship.-Career:Born in Aalborg, Andreasen started his...
, who also wrote the majority of its articles.