Northwords

a northern state of mind

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Barents Pride Cancelled for 2026

A reporter with supportive police, 2025 Barents Pride This September, for the first time since Barents Pride was created in 2017 with th...

Monday, August 24, 2026

Elin Anna Labba’s The Home of the Drowned

That is Sámi history. Tiny shifts in vegetation, a slightly raised patch of earth, goahtis razed to the ground. Our story is the plaque neve...

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About Me

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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