''Ságat'' is a
Sámi
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newspaper
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written in
Norwegian
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that is published in
Leavdnja,
Finnmark
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,
Norway
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.
History and profile
''Ságat'' was founded in
Vadsø
Vadsø (; sme, Čáhcesuolu; fkv, Vesisaari) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which was the administrative centre of the former Finnmark county. O ...
in 1957
and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in
Deatnu,
Kárášjohka,
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
The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Ru ...
and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.
Editors-in-chief
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Kristian Olsen 1956–1957
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Hans J. Henriksen and
Thor Frette 1958–1961
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Hans J. Henriksen 1961–1964
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Nils Jernsletten
Nils Johannes (Juho-Niillas) Jernsletten (14 September 1934; Tana, Norway – 20 May 2012) was a professor of Sámi at University of Tromsø, and editor of Sámi newspaper Ságat (1964-1966.) In 2005, he was made a Commander of the Royal Norweg ...
1964–1966
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Isak Østmo 1966–1966
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Hans J. Henriksen 1966–1967
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Albert Johansen 1967–1968
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Odd Mathis Hætta 1968–1974
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Peder Andreas Varsi,
Johan Store and
Arne Wulff 1974–1975
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Geir Wulff 1976
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Bjarne Store Jakobsen 1976–1978
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Geir Wulff 1978–
References
External links
Official homepage
1957 establishments in Norway
Culture in Finnmark
Daily newspapers published in Norway
Publications established in 1957
Sámi in Norway
Sámi newspapers
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