''Min Áigi'' (''Our Time'' in
Northern Sami
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) was a twice-weekly
Northern Sámi language
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ...
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
based in
Kárášjohka,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. In 2008, ''Min Áigi'' ceased publication to merge with the rival paper ''
Áššu
''Áššu'' was a Northern Sámi-language newspaper published twice a week and distributed across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. In 2008, ''Áššu'' ceased publication to merge with the rival paper '' Min Áigi'' to form ''Ávvir''.
His ...
'' to form ''
Ávvir
''Ávvir'' is a newspaper written in the Northern Sámi language with editorial offices or reporters in Kárášjohka, Guovdageaidnu, Áltá, Girkonjárga, and Romsa, Norway. It is currently published five times a week, from Monday to Friday, ...
''.
History
''Min Áigi'' was founded as a continuation of the influential Sámi newspaper ''
Sámi Áigi
''Sámi Áigi'' was a Northern Sámi-language weekly newspaper established in 1978, providing an alternative to the Norwegian-language Sámi publication '' Ságat''. ''Sámi Áigi'' played a prominent role in building and empowering Sámi identi ...
'', which went bankrupt in March 1993. The first issue of ''Min Áigi'' was published two months later on 22 May 1993.
Although the newspaper's editorial staff and most of its subscribers were from Norway, ''Min Áigi'' was intended to be a newspaper for Sámi people throughout the Nordic countries. ''
Finnmark Dagblad
''Finnmark Dagblad'' is a Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hammerfest, Norway.
The newspaper was founded in 1913 as ''Vestfinmarkens Socialdemokrat''. It changed its name to ''Vestfinnmark Arbeiderblad'' in 1923. From 1940 the newspaper wa ...
'' in
Hammerfest
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was the main stakeholder in the newspaper through the company Min Áigi OS. Other stakeholders include
Kárášjoga gielda, the
Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi, the Samiid Ædnansær’vi / Samenes Landsforbund and the publisher Davvi Girji. The editor-in-chief was Svein Nordsletta.
''Min Áigi'' also published a children's magazine called ''Leavedolgi''.
''Min Áigi'' maintained local offices in
Deatnu Tana,
Guovdageaidnu
Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other village ...
, and
Johkamohkki. Its marketing department was based in
Leavdnja.
Merger
On 27 August 2007, ''Min Áigi'' and its rival ''Áššu'' announced plans to merge to create a Northern Sámi-language daily newspaper, ''Ávvir''.
A week after ''Min Áigi'' published its final issue, ''Ávvir'' launched on 6 February 2008, the
Sami National Day
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. ''Min Áigi'' chairman Magne Svineng stated that due to higher production costs, mergering ''Áššu'' and ''Min Áigi'' was the only way to meet the need for a daily Sámi-language newspaper with wide distribution.
''Ávvir'' maintained editorial bureaus in
Kárášjohka and
Guovdageaidnu
Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other village ...
, the respective headquarters of ''Min Áigi'' and ''Áššu''.
Circulation
See also
*
Áššu
''Áššu'' was a Northern Sámi-language newspaper published twice a week and distributed across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. In 2008, ''Áššu'' ceased publication to merge with the rival paper '' Min Áigi'' to form ''Ávvir''.
His ...
*
Ávvir
''Ávvir'' is a newspaper written in the Northern Sámi language with editorial offices or reporters in Kárášjohka, Guovdageaidnu, Áltá, Girkonjárga, and Romsa, Norway. It is currently published five times a week, from Monday to Friday, ...
Notes
External links
Min Áigi ''(Davvisápmi)''
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Northern Sámi-language newspapers
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Publications established in 1993
Sámi in Norway
1993 establishments in Norway
Sámi newspapers