Ságat

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Ságat

Norwegian-language Sámi newspaper based in Lakselv, Norway


Ságat is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja, Finnmark, Norway.

History and profile

Ságat was founded in Vadsø in 1957[1] and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in Deatnu, Kárášjohka, Evenášši, Máttá-Várjjat, and Áltá, Norway.[2]

The editor since 1978 has been Geir Wulff. Since October 2008, the paper has published five days per week on weekdays.[3] Later it became a daily newspaper.[1]

Ságat had a circulation of 2,717 copies in 2007.[4] Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.

Editors-in-chief

  • Kristian Olsen 1956–1957
  • Hans J. Henriksen and Thor Frette 1958–1961
  • Hans J. Henriksen 1961–1964
  • Nils Jernsletten 1964–1966
  • Isak Østmo 1966–1966
  • Hans J. Henriksen 1966–1967
  • Albert Johansen 1967–1968
  • Odd Mathis Hætta 1968–1974
  • Peder Andreas Varsi, Johan Store and Arne Wulff 1974–1975
  • Geir Wulff 1976
  • Bjarne Store Jakobsen 1976–1978
  • Geir Wulff 1978–

References

  1. Sue Robinson (14 April 2016). Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-60875-2. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "Fakta om Ságat". Ságat (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. Eva Josefsen; Eli Skogerbø (2013). "An Indigenous Public Sphere? The Media and the 2009 Sámediggi Election Campaign" (PDF). Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 4 (1). Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. "Opplagstall 2007 for aviser tilslutta" (PDF). Landslaget for Lokalaviser (LLA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2009.



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