''Sápmelaš'', originally ''Sabmelaš'', was a

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

written in

Northern Sámi Northern or North Sámi ( ; se, davvisámegiella ; fi, pohjoissaame ; no, nordsamisk; sv, nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the ...

that was published in Finland from 1932 to 2001.

History and profile

''Sápmelaš'' was launched in 1932 by Sámi Čuvgehussearvi. The magazine was started as a four-page publication and was distributed to all Sámi households for free. It was financed by the Finnish government until 1995, after which the

Sámi Parliament 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, R ...

in Finland financed it for 6 years. 2001 saw the magazine fold due to a lack of financing. The first editors were Paavo Ravila (1934–1943) and Erkki Itkonen (1934–1950). Although neither Ravila nor Itkonen were Sami people, Sámi, they were both professors of Finno-Ugric languages at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Jouni Kitti served as editor from 1980 to 1998.

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