Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the ...

Inside the Gamme, our guide will tell you more about life in the Arctic, Sami knowledge and culture, and will show you a collection of Sami artifacts and clothing. Tromsø Lapland is established by ...

Reindeer are an important part of many northern indigenous cultures, including the Sami people of northern Sweden and the Inuit of North America, which traditionally use them for their milk, fur, meat ...

"It was important for us to include Sami reindeer husbandry in our collection. Traditionally we use the entire animal and the leather is a by-product of meat production, meaning that nothing goes to ...

In 2019, Norway sent pop band Keiino to the Eurovision Song Contest. The group performed their arctic-inspired banger “Spirit in the Sky” in front of 182 million viewers and won the public vote. The ...

This dynamic has become increasingly visible in the Nordic nations, where a public reputation for respecting human rights has clashed with those countries’ treatment of Indigenous Sámi peoples: In ...

Enjoy your half-day tour as you invited by Sámi people to partake in their traditions. This tour takes you to a reindeer camp outside of Tromso, where you meet the animals, feed them, and then embark ...

If you grew up in a place where Christmas is celebrated, there’s a decent chance that you’ve heard the song — or at least the story — of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But it turns out ...

Humans also hunt reindeer for meat, clothing, bones, sinew and antlers. Even in prehistoric times, reindeer provided marrow fats and hides for clothing along with meat for food. As mentioned before, ...

Reindeer travel, feed, and rest in herds of 10 to a few hundred. In the spring, they can form super herds of 50,000 to 500,000 ...

X-marks also played a significant role in Sámi ritual practice, with crosses being carved on antlers and reindeer blood smeared in X-shapes on sacrificial wooden objects. Therefore, the engraving ...