Tråante 2017 was a celebration marking the centennial of the Sámi Assembly of 1917, which opened on 6 February 1917 in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, Norway. Trondheim is called "Tråante" in

Southern Sámi Southern or South Sámi (; ; ) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken in Norway and Sweden. It is an endangered language. The designated main village of the language in Norway is Snåasen Municipality (Snåsa) where the c ...

. The celebration started with a week-long anniversary celebration beginning on the

Sámi National Day The Sámi National Day is an ethnic national day for the Sámi (Saami) people that falls on February 6, the date when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway. The congress was the first time that Norwegian and Swedish S ...

, 6 February 2017, in Trondheim, followed by additional cultural, sporting, religious, educational, research, industry, natural, and political events throughout the year. In addition to marking the 100th anniversary of the Sámi Assembly, Tråante 2017 served to disseminate knowledge about 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 ...

, their culture, and history across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Tråante 2017 was organized by the Sámediggi and the governments of

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

county,

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

county, and Trondheim municipality. Project manager for Tråante 2017 was Sámi politician .

Activities

The NTNU Science Museum opened its exhibit "Hvem eier historien?" (Who owns the story?) on 5 February 2017. The exhibition documents the Sámi presence in southern Norway dating back to the 800s. The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Southern Sámi museum, the museum, and the . As part of the exhibit, the was exhibited on loan from the in Germany; it was the first time the Sámi shaman's drum was exhibited in Norway since 1723. In connection with the 100th anniversary,

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issued a coin with a Sami motif designed by artist

Annelise Josefsen Annelise Josefsen (born 2 October 1949) is a Norwegian-Sami artist. She works in many different techniques, but has particularly marked herself as a sculptor. She has been active in the Sami Artists Association (SDS), serving as chair of the board ...

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issued two stamps, designed by artist

Astrid Båhl Astrid Båhl (born Astrid Margarete Bål; 6 June 1959) is a Norwegian Sámi artist. In addition to her other work, she also designed the Sámi flag. Biography Astrid Båhl was born in 1959 in Karesuando in Norrbotten County, Sweden, and she m ...

, who also designed the

Sámi flag The Sámi flag is the flag of Sápmi and the Sámi people, one of the Indigenous people groups of the Nordic countries and the Kola Peninsula of the Russian Federation. First Sámi flag The first, unofficial Sámi flag was designed by Sam ...

, to mark the 100th anniversary. The motifs on the stamps were the Sami Parliament building, the Sami flag, and a portrait of Sámi activist

Elsa Laula Renberg Elsa Laula Renberg (née Elsa Laula, 29 November 1877 in Storseleby outside Vilhelmina – 22 July 1931 in Brønnøy Municipality) was a Southern Sámi activist and politician. Alongside Torkel Tomasson and Johan Enok Nilsson she established and ...

. On Sámi National Day, February 6, 2017, a Sámi altar was inaugurated in

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral () is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II ( 995–1030, reigned 1015–1028), who became the patron saint of th ...

in Trondheim. The altar was designed by the artist and is made of oiled birch and adorned with Sámi ornaments.

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