- Sami National Day
The Sami National Day falls on
February 6 as this date was when the first Sámi congress was held in1917 inTrondheim ,Norway . This congress was the first time that Norwegian and Swedish Sámi came together across their national borders to work together to find solutions for common problems.In 1992, at the 15th
Sámi Conference in Helsinki, a resolution was passed that Sámi National Day should be celebrated on February 6th to commemorate the 1st Sámi congress in 1917. Sami National Day is for all Sámi, regardless of where they live and on that day the Sámi flag should be flown and the Song of the Sami People is sung in the local Sámi language. The first time Sami National Day was celebrated was in1993 , when the International Year of Indigenous People was proclaimed open inJokkmokk , Sweden by theUnited Nations .Since then, celebrating the day has become increasingly popular. In
Norway it is compulsory for municipal administrative buildings to fly theSami flag on February 6th. Particularly notable is the celebration in Norway's capitalOslo , where the bells in the highest tower ofOslo City Hall play theSámi soga lávlla as the flags go up. Some larger places have taken to arranging festivities also in the week around the Sami National Day.ee also
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Sámi soga lávlla (Northern Sámi version)
*Sää´msooǥǥ laull (Skolt Sámi version)
*Säämi suuvâ lavluu (Inari Sámi version)
*Sami flag
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