Meanings of Saami in English

Since 1972 there has been a Saami parliament in Finland.

In 1956, the Nordic Saami Council was founded as a cross-border channel of co-operation on Saami issues.

The Saami people number about 70,000 and live in northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia.

In conclusion, the Saami have a higher frequency of the apoA-IV-2 allele than the Finns and most of the other studied populations.

He said the Saami Parliament had a strong influence in Norwegian politics, but he hoped his trip would raise wider awareness and support.

The study group included 248 men with known ethnic origin, Saami and Finns, who lived in the area of the nine northernmost municipalities of Finland.

He said there was also the added support of the indigenous Saami people and their parliament which have been pressuring Statoil to reconsider their plans.

In Norway a parliament was constituted in 1989 - and in Sweden the first Saami elections took place in 1993.