BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

by Elin Kåven

Often we get questions about what books in English we can recommend for learning about Sami culture.

While there are tons of books about Sami people written, there are not that many we truly recommend.

But we will let you know when we do find books we can recommend, and add them to this post.

So far here are the two books we recommend:

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You can get it here (hopefully): https://www.gavpi.org/voksne/726-what-we-believe-in-expanded-edition.html

You can get it here (hopefully): https://www.gavpi.org/voksne/673-joik-i-den-gamle-samiske-religionen-yoik-in-the-old-sami-religion.html

Or here: https://www.norli.no/boker/dokumentar-og-fakta/livssyn-og-selvutvikling/joik-i-den-gamle-samiske-religionen-yoik-in-the-old-sami-religion?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArfauBhApEiwAeoB7qNJ3NSTm338GUQ6IqQ7x_QLY6Z3xZmWbgB7SntjAgS0GtiQgGtqi3xoCVhsQAvD_BwE

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But here in other hand: Elin is teaching a class in this edition of “Songs of Mother Europe”

BOOK RECOMENDATIONS FROM YOU GUYS (READERS OF THIS BLOG):

Emelie Demant Hatt. With the Lapps in the High Mountains: A Woman Among the Sami, 1907-1908 (from 1913). A loose summary; the journals of a woman who travelled with some Sami people in 1907/08. A really insightful read as Demant Hatt has a pleasant writing style which is rich in details. 

Emelie Demant Hatt. By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends (first published 2019 in ebook form).

John Trygve Solbakk. We are the Sámi: An Introduction to the Indigenous People of Norway. (2006). More of an information booklet than a book but has lots of information. 

Also read:

YOIK CONNECTS YOU DEEPLY WITH SAMI CULTURE