''Ságat'' is a
Sámi
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 ...
newspaper
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written in
Norwegian that is published in
Leavdnja in
Porsanger Municipality
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,
Finnmark
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county,
Norway
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.
History and profile
''Ságat'' was founded in
Vadsø Vadsø or Vadso may refer to:
Places
* Vadsø Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
*Vadsø (town)
(Norwegian language, Norwegian; ), (Northern Sami language, Northern Sami; , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, tow ...
in 1957
and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in
Deatnu,
Kárášjohka Karasjok is a Norwegianized version of the Northern Sami name Kárášjohka. Either one may refer to the following places:
* Karasjok Municipality or , a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway
* Karasjok (village) or , a village in Karasjok Muni ...
,
Evenášši,
Máttá-Várjjat, and
Áltá, Norway.
The editor since 1978 has been
Geir Wulff. Since October 2008, the paper has published five days per week on weekdays. Later it became a daily newspaper.
''Ságat'' had a circulation of 2,717 copies in 2007.
Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both
Sámi
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 ...
and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.
Editors-in-chief
*
Kristian Olsen
Kristian is a given name in several languages, and is a variant spelling of Christian.
Males with the given name Kristian
*Kristian Digby (1977–2010), British television presenter and director
* Kristian Doolittle (born 1997), American basketba ...
1956–1957
*
Hans J. Henriksen and
Thor Frette 1958–1961
*
Hans J. Henriksen 1961–1964
*
Nils Jernsletten 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–
References
External links
Official homepage
1957 establishments in Norway
Culture in Finnmark
Daily newspapers published in Norway
Newspapers established in 1957
Sámi in Norway
Sámi newspapers
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