Happy Sámi National Day!

In recent years, we have had the pleasure of introducing a number of books by Sámi authors and illustrators among NORLA’s Selected Titles. We invite you to get to know more about them and their books by reading our short interviews here:

Sigbjørn Skåden:
Backwoods Fable
(Original title: Planterhaug /
Láŋtdievvá)
Read our interview here

Karen Anne Buljo and Inga-Wiktoria Påve (ill.):
Árrangáttis Árrangáddái. Stories from the Night Sky and Other Sámi Tales
(Original title: Árrangáttis Árrangáddái. Fortellinger fra stjernehimmelen og andre samiske eventyr /
Á​rrang​á​ttis ​á​rrang​á​dd​á​i. S​á​mi m​á​idnasat)
Read our interview here

Kathrine Nedrejord:
The Sami Problem
(Original title: Sameproblemet)
Read our interview here

Linda Trast Lillevik and Gustav Kvaal (ill.):
Are You Sleeping, Eanat?
(Original title: Sover du Eanat? /
Oađát go, Eanat?)
Read our interview here

Kathrine Nedrejord:
Save the Herd
(Original title: Alt for flokken)
Read our interview here

Kirste Paltto and Sunna Kitti (ill.):
Strange Happenings at Wild Lake
(Original title: Luohtojávrri oainnáhusat /
Underlige hendelser ved villmarkssjøen)
Read our interview here

Read more

See presentations of Sámi (or Sámi themed) books in Books from Norway.

Also see the book covers of Sámi literature translated into other languages through NORLA’s translation subsidy at our Flickr account.

Learn about the Sámi National Day.

And read about Sámi languages.