Sven-Roald Nystø (born 30 September 1956) is a

Lule Sámi Lule Sámi (, no, lulesamisk, sv, lulesamiska) is a Uralic, Sámi language spoken around the Lule River, Sweden, and in the northern parts of Nordland county in Norway, especially Tysfjord municipality, where Lule Sámi is an official language ...

politician from Storå in

Tysfjord Tysfjord ( smj, Divtasvuodna) is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1869 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of th ...

, Norway. He has worked for the Lule Sámi cultural and language center

Árran Árran is the Lule Sámi center in the village of Drag in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The center was established in 1994 to foster and promote the Lule Sámi language and culture. It does this by arranging on-site and vid ...

as a senior advisor. Nystø has been a board member and leader of the

Norwegian Sámi Association The Norwegian Sámi Association ( se, Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi , no, Norske Samers Riksforbund), also known as NSR, is the largest Sámi organization in Norway. The association was founded in 1968. Purpose The NSR actively runs cultural, ...

. He served as a representative in the

Sámi Parliament of Norway sje, Sámedigge sju, Sámiediggie sma, Saemiedigkie sms, Sääʹmteʹǧǧ no, Sametinget , legislature = 9th Sámi Parliament , coa_pic = Nordsamisk_farge_symmetrisk_stor-01.svg , house_type = Unicameral , foundation ...

from 1993 to 1995, representing the districts of Midt-Troms and Midtre-Nordland for the Norwegian S ámi Association. Nystø was later the president of the Sámi Parliament for two terms, from 1997 to 2005. Before he became president, he was vice-president under Ole Henrik Magga. He also served on , the Sámi Rights Committee, and was head of the Indigenous Committee on the Barents Regional Council. Nystø led the work of the Sámi Parliament in consultations with the Norwegian authorities on the

Finnmark Act The Finnmark Act () of 2005 transferred about 96% (about 46,000 km2) of the area in the Finnmark county in Norway to the inhabitants of Finnmark. This area is managed by the Finnmark Estate agency. The Finnmark Estate is managed by a board of dir ...

. Nystø was also president when the Sámi Parliament and the Bondevik government signed an agreement on consultations between the government and the Sámi Parliament on matters of particular concern to the Sámi population. He received his

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

from the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...

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1956 births Living people Lule Sámi people Members of the Sámi Parliament of Norway Norwegian Sámi people Norwegian Sámi politicians University of Tromsø alumni {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub