Northwords

a northern state of mind

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Johan Turi’s Muitalus sámiid birra in the Swedish Cultural Canon

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   Still from  The Seventh Seal  In late August this year the Swedish government published a 300 page document titled A Cultural Canon for...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Davvi Wind Farm Rejected in Northern Sápmi

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  Raggovidda Wind Farm, Berlevåg, Norway Reuters reported on November 4, 2025 that Norway's energy regulator had rejected an application...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Sámi Folktales from the Near and Far Worlds

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  I'm thrilled to present the cover of my next book,  Sámi Folktales from the Near and Far Worlds, the most extensive compilation of Sám...
Friday, October 3, 2025

The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens, Reading at Village Books in Bellingham Oct 12, 4 PM

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A heads up for anyone living north of Seattle: I'll be reading from my historical novel,  The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens ,  at the fant...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Conflicts around Mining in the High North of Norway and Sweden

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The  Barents Observer  has just published another deeply-reported article on conflicts between the Scandinavian states and mining interests ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Britta Marakatt-Labba's Ancient Mother Statue on the Highline

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  Urmodern,  by Britta Marakatt-Labba For anyone in New York on Oct 7 at   12:30-1:30 , the Sámi artist Britta Marakatt-Labba will be discus...
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Barbara Sjoholm
I've traveled in and written about the Nordic countries and Sápmi for many years, and have published numerous books about the North, including translations, travel narratives, and cultural history. Most recently I translated By the Fire, a collection of Sámi folktales, many told by women, collected and illustrated by the Danish ethnographer and artist, Emilie Demant Hatt (1873-1958). The University of Minnesota Press will publish a new book in February, 2023, From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture, with stories of Sámi objects and their makers over the centuries. www.barbarasjoholm.com has more about all my books. I also write mysteries under the name Barbara Wilson. See www.barbarawilsonmysteries for more about them.
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