Here you will find all the content related to the category 'minorities'.
The Åland Islands
- Jason Lavery
The Åland Islands lie at the south-western tip of the Finnish peninsula between Finland and Sweden. This archipelago of 6,500 islands and skerries is…
Sami handicrafts
- John Weinstock
Duodji, the Sami word for handicrafts/applied art, has a long and illustrious history. Handicraft has been influenced by the need to survive in a…
Sami language
- Thomas Hylland Eriksen
A member of the Finno-Ugric language group and thus related to Finnish, Sami consists of three branches, sufficiently different from each other to be…
Minority languages in the Nordics
- Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Linguistic minorities have existed for centuries, such as the Finns and Sami in Sweden. Since 1960s minority languages have often been associated with…
Ethnic minorities in the Nordic countries
- Thomas Hylland Eriksen
A minority is a clearly distinguishable group or category of people who comprise less than half of a national population. Minorities in the Nordic…
