Historically, the sámi have been known in english as lapps or laplanders The sami are a people who speak one of the varieties of the sami language and inhabit lapland and adjacent areas of northern norway, sweden, and finland, as well as the kola peninsula of russia. Traditional sami occupations are hunting, fishing, farming, and reindeer herding, though only a minority of today's sami make a living from these activities alone, and virtually none live in a natural economy nor have a nomadic lifestyle. Sweden's indigenous people, the sámi, have their own cultural heritage, language, flag and parliament “the mountains of sámiland, the home of the sámi children A cold and hard rock, a warm and soft embrace” we the sámi people want to advise visitors about how to act and how to behave when visiting our home
We, the sámi people, have occupied and lived in these areas for thousands of years. The sami people live in four countries Norway, sweden, finland, and russia The total population in these four countries is estimated at approx 80,000, of whom around half live in norway. Sápmi—a vast region located in northern fennoscandia—ranges across tundra, mountains, valleys, forests, lakes, and rivers
In the winter, the landscape is covered in snow. Sápmi is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the sámi people Sápmi includes the northern parts of fennoscandia, stretching over four countries Norway, sweden, finland, and russia.
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