Sápmi
Sápmi (as its name is in Northern Sámi language), in English commonly known as Lapland (/ˈlæplənd/), is the most northern part of Fennoscandia. Fennoscandia is a peninsula in northern Europe.
The area of Sápmi is shared between four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. In Norway, as far south as the Hedmark area of Innlandet county, there are areas with many Sámi people.[1]
The original people of Sápmi are the Sámi. They are now a minority there. The Sámi people are sometimes called Lapps, but this word has a negative association and is something most Sámi dislike being called.
The weather of Sápmi is cold. Summer is short. There are big hills with no trees on top of them. Reindeer live in Sápmi. You can see northern lights in the sky.
Economy
Reindeer herding is part of the economy.
In Norway's part of Sapmi, as of the spring of 2025, during the last five winters, grazing reindeer were finding less and less food. An owner of a reindeer herd said (summer of 2025) that this was the first time ever, that he had to give [extra food or] pellets to grazing reindeer, during the summer;[2]
A "pasture crisis" or "grazing crisis" (beitekrise), was a name used by media.[2]
Reindeer meat gets sold (to be eaten by people, or) for human consumption.
Other information
In regard to climate changes on the tundra, above the arctic circle: Those are being observed by Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra (COAT), a research center in Tromsø.[3][2]
Related pages
References
- ↑ https://snl.no/s%C3%B8rsamer%7CSTORE NORSKE LEKSIKON]]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ole Magnus Rapp. "Klimaendringer skaper beitekrise" (2025-05-24) Klassekampen. P. 10
- ↑ https://uit.no/tavla/artikkel/867619/coat_blir_forskningssenter_velkommen_til_apning. Retrieved 2025-07-06