Sami people

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Finno-Ugric people Indigenous people Uralic people ethnic group

The Sami people are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric ethnic group of northern Fennoscandia, traditionally known for reindeer herding, fishing, and a distinct language and culture spanning Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ter Sami people 2
Ter Sámi people 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Uralic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
culturalArea Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

Subarctic ⓘ
culturalSymbol Sami flag ⓘ
Sami traditional dress ⓘ
reindeer ⓘ
ethnicity Sami ⓘ
hasAutonomousInstitution Sámi Parliament of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Sami Parliament of Finland

The Sami Parliament of Norway ⓘ
surface form: Sami Parliament of Norway

Sami Parliament of Sweden ⓘ
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Sami languages ⓘ
minorityStatus Indigenous minority in Russia ⓘ
national minority in Finland ⓘ
national minority in Norway ⓘ
national minority in Sweden ⓘ
primaryRegion Sápmi ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousBy Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Estonians ⓘ
Finns ⓘ
Finnish Karelians ⓘ
surface form: Karelians
religion Christianity ⓘ
Laestadianism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Sami shamanism ⓘ
traditionalClothing gákti ⓘ
traditionalEconomy semi-nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalMusic joik ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
polytheism ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Northern Finland ⓘ
surface form: northern Finland

Northern Norway ⓘ
surface form: northern Norway

northern Sweden ⓘ
UNCategory Indigenous peoples of the Arctic ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Börje Salming → ethnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
Northern Norway → ethnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
Ter Sami → ethnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ter Sami people
Ter Sámi → ethnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ter Sámi people
Kola Peninsula → hasIndigenousPeople → Sami people ⓘ
Vadsø → hasMinority → Sami people ⓘ
Finnmarksvidda → inhabitedBy → Sami people ⓘ
Scandinavian Mountains → inhabitedBy → Sami people ⓘ
Finns → relatedEthnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
Kven people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sami people ⓘ
Ter Sami → spokenBy → Sami people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ter Sami people
Ume Sami → traditionalSpeakers → Sami people ⓘ
Ter Sámi → usedByMinority → Sami people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ter Sámi people