Hans Jonas Henriksen ( se, Heandarat-Hánsa; 28 October 1903 – 4 September 1977) was a Norwegian proponent for

Sami culture Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...

and

language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

. He was born in Tana,

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

. From 1953 he chaired ''Samisk Råd for Finnmark'', and from 1964 to 1971 he chaired the council Norsk Sameråd. He contributed to the five volume ''Lapp Dictionary'' (1932–1962; main editor

Konrad Nielsen Konrad Hartvig Isak Rosenvinge Nielsen (28 August 1875 – 27 November 1953) was a Norwegian philologist. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Royal Frederick University (University of Oslo) as a lecturer, textbook writer, lexicograp ...

), and translated several books into Sami language. He edited the Sami newspaper ''

Ságat ''Ságat'' is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja, Finnmark, Norway. History and profile ''Ságat'' was founded in Vadsø in 1957 and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains office ...

'' for several years. He received the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award in 1974.

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1903 births 1977 deaths People from Tana, Norway Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian writers {{norway-bio-stub