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

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written in

Northern Sámi Northern Sámi or North Sámi ( ; ; ; ; ; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Geographic distr ...

that was published in

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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

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until 1995, after which the Sámi Parliament 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

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 ...

, they were both professors of

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at the

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in Finland. Jouni Kitti served as editor from 1980 to 1998.

References

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