{"id":2879,"date":"2019-12-18T13:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T13:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=aktiviteter&#038;p=2879"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:05:11","slug":"sami-week-in-tromso","status":"publish","type":"aktiviteter","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/aktiviteter\/sami-week-in-tromso\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami Week in Troms\u00f8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\t Concerts, talks, language courses, lasso-throwing contests, generous portions of warming bidos and campfire coffee, colourful costumes from all over Samiland: Sami Week is all about festival and celebration. But nothing beats reindeer racing down the city\u2019s main street!\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p> The Sami People\u2019s Day, on 6th February, commemorates the first meeting that brought Sami people together from north and south and from Norway and Sweden. It took place in Trondheim in 1917. The day has become an official flag day, and in Troms\u00f8 it has grown into an annual manifestation of Sami culture which lasts for an entire week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cultural-events\"> Cultural events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> All through the week Sami culture is celebrated with concerts, talks, and evening entertainments. Offerings include Sami language courses for beginners, art exhibitions, library events and special events for children. The Sami People\u2019s Day itself is honoured at Troms\u00f8 City Hall, with an official celebration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-2\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Anders_Slemdahl_CROP-1024x472.jpg\" data-size=\"1024x472\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Anders_Slemdahl_CROP-1024x472.jpg\" alt=\"The midnight sun shining on a cabin \u00a9 Anders Slemdahl\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Anders_Slemdahl_CROP-1024x472.jpg\" data-caption=\"The midnight sun shining on a cabin \u00a9 Anders Slemdahl\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nordlysman4-1024x642.jpg\" data-size=\"1024x642\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nordlysman4-1024x642-768x482.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora dancing to the north of the cabins \u00a9 Lars Kr. Hansen Evjenth\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/nordlysman4-1024x642.jpg\" data-caption=\"Aurora dancing to the north of the cabins \u00a9 Lars Kr. Hansen Evjenth\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: The midnight sun shining on a cabin \u00a9 Anders Slemdahl<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Aurora dancing to the north of the cabins \u00a9 Lars Kr. Hansen Evjenth<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-norwegian-lasso-throwing-championships\"> Norwegian lasso-throwing championships <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lasso-throwing is an art born of necessity in reindeer husbandry. It has become a regular sport practised by the Sami Sports Association, and the championships in Troms\u00f8 are the official Norwegian championships. The lasso-throwing arena is set up in the city\u2019s main square, surrounded by crowds of Saturday morning shoppers. Competitors take part in women\u2019s, men\u2019s and junior classes. The thing is to&nbsp;cast the lasso round the reindeer antler targets, while half of Troms\u00f8 looks on in breathless excitement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reindeer-racing\">Reindeer racing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, barriers go down along both sides of the whole of Troms\u00f8\u2019s main street, to create a track for some fast and furious reindeer racing. When the start signal goes, the reindeer burst out of their stalls at the northern end and pound at full speed down the street, pulling their drivers after them on skis. The finishing line is at the southern end. The event is the Nordic championships, with the 12 fastest reindeer from Norway and Finland on the starting line.&nbsp;There is no distinction between male and female drivers; it\u2019s the fastest reindeer that counts. As well as the senior class, six juniors also compete outside the championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sami-arctic-winter-market\">Sami Arctic Winter Market <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All week long, the lavvu (Sami tents) are set up along Troms\u00f8\u2019s main street, and everyone is welcome in to enjoy a cup of coffee brewed over the campfire. Traditional Sami celebratory food,&nbsp;<em>bidos<\/em>&nbsp;(reindeer meat stew) is also served, as well as lefse (soft, potato flatbread) made by Sea Sami communities. There are also booths selling&nbsp;<em>duoddji<\/em>, Sami handicrafts and art wares. When the cold really bites, the woollen mittens from Olmmaivaggi (Manndalen) are particularly popular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\" alignwide wp-block-vnn-booking\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tromso.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn-booking__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-join-the-sami-week-in-troms\">Join the Sami week in Troms\u00f8<\/h2>\n\n<p>Book your experience in Troms\u00f8<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button link-to-booking-provider-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msm.no\/arrangement\/samisk-uke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vnn__byline vnn-grid has-no-author has-date has-tags\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-meta\"><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">December 18, 2019<\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-date\">Last updated September 1, 2025<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vnn__byline-tags\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=culture-and-history\" rel=\"tag\">Culture and history<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_se-og-gjore=festivals\" rel=\"tag\">Festivals<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_omrder=tromso\" rel=\"tag\">Troms\u00f8<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_sesonger=winter\" rel=\"tag\">Winter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/experiences-and-activities\/?fwp_fasiliteter=sami\" rel=\"tag\">Sami<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":5986,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","vnn_header_layout":"featured","vnn_header_layout_image_id":5987,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_x":0.5,"vnn_header_layout_image_focal_point_y":0.5,"vnn_header_layout_description":"","vnn_header_layout_url":"","vnn_header_layout_url_text":"","vnn_header_layout_photographer":"\u00a9 Yngve Olsen S\u00e6bbe","vnn_header_layout_video_id":"","vnn_header_layout_yt_id":"","vnn_header_layout_vimeo_id":"","teft_location_geodata_lat":69.649058331667,"teft_location_geodata_lng":18.951416015625,"teft_cards_image_id":5986,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_x":0.42,"teft_cards_image_focal_point_y":0.53171641791045,"teft_cards_title":"","teft_cards_excerpt":"","footnotes":""},"todo":[19,101],"facilities":[105],"season":[16],"region":[39],"malgrupper":[22,73,42,10,23,58],"class_list":["post-2879","aktiviteter","type-aktiviteter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","todo-culture-and-history","todo-festivals","facilities-sami","season-winter","region-tromso","malgrupper-culture-lover","malgrupper-culture-specialist","malgrupper-family-memorymaker","malgrupper-friendship-bonder","malgrupper-heritage-explorer","malgrupper-local-insider"],"feature_media_url":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/002289_Yngve-Olsen-Saebbe_www.nordnorge.com_.jpg","vnn_map_marker_category":{"id":101,"name":"Festivals","slug":"festivals","icon":"","parentIcon":"","parent":"Culture and history"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sami Week in Troms\u00f8 - Arctic Norway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/aktivitet\/sami-week-in-tromso\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sami Week in Troms\u00f8\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sami People\u2019s Day, on 6th February, commemorates the first meeting that brought Sami people together from north and south and from Norway and Sweden. 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