Sámi soga lávlla ( English: ''Song of the Sami Family/People'') is the anthem of the

Sámi people The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi languages, Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula ...

. The text was written by

Isak Saba Isak Mikal Saba (15 November 1875 – 1 June 1921) was a Norwegian Sami people, Sámi teacher and politician. He was born in 1875 in Nesseby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway to Per Sabasen and Bigi Henriksdatter Aikio. Saba married Marie ...

, and Arne Sørli composed the music. Originally a poem, it was first published in the Sámi newspaper ''

Saǥai Muittalægje ''Saǥai Muittalægje'' was an early Sámi newspaper published twice a month from July 1904 to September 1911. Although only 33 issues were published, ''Saǥai Muittalægje'' played an important role in building Sámi identity and supporting opp ...

'' on 1 April 1906.Samenes nasjonaldag
, sametinget.noEn sång - ett folk
samer.se ''Sámi soga lávlla'' has been translated into most of the

Sámi languages The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwest ...

History of the anthem

The poem ''Sámi soga lávlla'' was written by Norwegian Sámi

, a Norwegian school teacher and a researcher of Sami folklore and politics from Unjárga Municipality.Lill-Ann Jensen: Isak Saba
Store Norske Leksikon. In 1906, he became the first Sami to be elected to the Norwegian Parliament (he was a deputy in 1906–1912). The poem was first published on 1 April 1906 on front page of the first issue of ''Sagai Muittalægje'', a

Northern Sami 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 ...

Norwegian newspaper.ИЗ ИСТОРИИ СААМСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВЕННО-ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОГО ДВИЖЕНИЯ В ХХ ВЕКЕ
suri.ee In August 1986, during the 13th

Sámi Conference The first international Sámi Conference was officially opened in Jokkmokk, Sweden on August 31, 1953 and closed four days later on September 3. Since then, the Sámi conferences have come to be important venues for the Sámi across Norway, Sweden, ...

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...

, Sweden, ''Sámi soga lávlla'' was declared the national anthem of the Sami. The music was written for the poem by Norwegian composer , and in 1992 it was approved as the score for the national anthem at the 15th Sámi Conference in Helsinki, Finland.

Lyrics

Lyrics in Sámi

Lyrics in other local languages

Translation into English

Notes

References

External links

MP3 of Sámi soga lávllaSagai Muittalægje article on Sámi soga lávlla
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