Ságat
Encyclopedia
Ságat is a Sámi
newspaper
written in Norwegian
that is published in the county
of Finnmark
in Norway
with a circulation of 2,717 (2007). Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi
and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.
The paper was founded in Vadsø
in 1956 and moved to Lakselv in 1981, where it still is based today. The editor since 1978 has been Geir Wulff.
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...
written in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
that is published in the county
Counties of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...
of Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
in Norway
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...
with a circulation of 2,717 (2007). Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi
Sami languages
Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently and erroneously believed to be a single language. Several names are used for the Sami...
and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.
The paper was founded in 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....
in 1956 and moved to Lakselv in 1981, where it still is based today. The editor since 1978 has been Geir Wulff.
Editors-in-chief
- Kristian Olsen 1956-1957
- Hans J. Henriksen and Thor Frette 1958-1961
- Hans J. Henriksen 1961-1964
- Nils JernslettenNils JernslettenNils Jernsletten was a professor of Sámi at University of Tromsø, and editor of Sámi newspaper Ságat In 2005, membership in the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav was conferred upon him.- Bibliography:...
1964-1966 - Isak Østmo 1966-1966
- Hans J. Henriksen 1966-1967
- Albert Johansen 1967-1968
- Odd Mathis Hætta 1968-1974
- Peder Andreas Varsi, Johan Store and Arne Wulff 1974-1975
- Geir Wulff 1976
- Bjarne Store Jakobsen 1976-1978
- Geir Wulff 1978-