Seed Council

Seed Council
Chairperson	logo
Christina Henriksen
Basic data
Alignment	see goals and actions
distribution	Finland Norway Russia Sweden
Board	President of the Seed Council: Christina Henriksen
Chairperson	Christina Henriksen
Secretary General	Áile Jávo
Addresses
address	Postboks 162, 9735 Karasjok , Norway
Website	www.saamicouncil.net
structure
Members	15th
structure	The council is composed of 15 representatives from nine member organizations, five of which are from Norway, four each from Sweden and Finland and two from Russia

The former headquarters of the Seed Council in the church village of Utsjoki ( Finland )

The Sami Council ( North Sami : Sámiráđđi , English : Saami Council ) is an independent non-governmental organization that works together on cultural and political issues affecting the Sami in Finland , Norway , Sweden and Russia . The council is located in the northern Norwegian municipality of Karasjok in the province of Troms og Finnmark . Previously, the seat was in the municipality of Utsjoki in the Finnish part of Lapland and in Helsinki .

Goals and Actions

The overriding goal of the Sami Council is to represent the interests of the Sami as a people, to strengthen the togetherness of the Sami across national borders, to preserve the recognition and treatment of the Sami as a people and to secure their cultural, political, economic and social rights - partly through the legislation in each individual country, partly through agreements between the states concerned and the representative organs of the Sami. Since the end of the 1990s, the Council has also been taking part increasingly in international projects that concern cooperation within the Arctic region, the EU and the UN, and that relate to the indigenous peoples of the Third World.

history

The first international Sami conference was held in Jokkmokk , Sweden, back in 1953 . At this conference a commission was set up to prepare the establishment of a common Sami council to represent the economic and cultural interests of the Sami. Then three years later on August 18, 1956, during the second conference in Karasjok, Norway, the founding of the "Nordic Sami Council" was manifested, which finally held its first meeting in 1957 in Inari, Finland . One result of the work of this council was, for example, the establishment of a uniform North Sami orthography on the initiative of the council in 1979. At the 13th conference in August 1986 in Åre , Sweden , it was decided to introduce the Sami flag . At the 15th Sami Conference in Helsinki in 1992 , Sami from Russia took part for the first time. Therefore, the name of the council was shortened to "seed council".

organization

Member organizations

The council is composed of 15 representatives from nine member organizations, five of which are from Norway, four each from Sweden and Finland and two from Russia. The Sami Conference elects additional members when proposed by the organizations' delegations. A representative is elected for each member. For the period from 2009 to 2012 the sperm council is composed as follows:

country	member	Sami name	Other names	founding	Representative
Finland	Association of Sami in Finland	Suoma Sámiid Guovddássearvi (SSG)	Finnish: Suomen saamelaisten keskusjärjestö English: Saami Association of Finland		4th
Norway	Norwegian Sami Association	Norgga Sámiid Riikkasearvi (NSR)	Norwegian: Norske Samers Riksforbund English: Norwegian Saami Association	1968	2
Norway	Norwegian National Association of Sami Reindeer Herders	Norgga Boazosápmelaččaid Riikkasearvi (NBR)	Norwegian: Norske Reindriftsamers Landsforbund (NRL) English: Sami Reindeer Herders' Association of Norway	1947	2
Norway	Sami People's Association ( Sami political party in Norway)	Sámiid Álbmotlihttu (SÁL)	Norwegian: Samenes Folkeforbund (SFF) English: People's federation of the Saami	1993	1
Sweden	Swedish Sami Association	Sámiid Riikkasearvi (RSR)	Swedish: Svenska Samernas Riksförbund (short SSR) English: Saami Association of Sweden	1950	2
Sweden	Reich Organization Same Ätnam	Riikkasearvi Sámi Ätnam (RSÄ)	Swedish: Riks Organizations Same Ätnam (RSÄ) English: The National Association of Saamiland	1945	1
Sweden	Association of Reindeer Owners	Boazoeaiggádiid Oktavuohta (BEO)	Swedish: Renägerförbundet (RÄF)	1992	1
Russia	Sami Association of Kola Seeds	Guoládaga Sámi Searvi (GSS)	English: Kola Saami Association (AKS) / Saami Association of Kola Peninsula	1989	1
Russia	Sami Association of the Murmansk Region	Murmanskka guovllu Sámesearvi	Official Organization of Saami in Murmansk Oblast (OOSMO) / Saami Association of Murmansk Region	1998	1

Board

The Board of the Seed Council consists of 4 members:

• Christina Henriksen (President of the Seed Council)
• Åsa Larsson-Blind (Vice-President of the Seed Council)
• Ivan Matrekin (Vice President of the Seed Council)
• Aslak Holmberg (Vice President of the Seed Council)

administration

The administration consists of a secretariat chaired by a general secretary appointed by the Seed Council and the following departments:

• Culture department
• Human Rights Department
• Arctic and Environment Department
• EU unity

Culture Committee

The Culture Committee consists of five members - one from each Sápmi country and one representative from the Sami Council.

Conferences of the Semen

The highest body of the Seed Council is the Seed Conference, which has been held every four years since 1992. Eighteen delegates from each country will be selected by the nine member organizations for this conference. The conference appoints the Seed Council, which is the executive and decision-making body between the conferences.

No.	year	place	country
21st	2017	Trondheim	Norway
20th	2013	Murmansk	Russia
19th	2008	Rovaniemi	Finland
18th	2004	Honningsvåg	Norway
17th	2000	Kiruna	Sweden
16.	1996	Murmansk	Russia
15th	1992	Helsinki	Finland
14th	1989	Lakselv	Norway
13.	1986	Are	Sweden
12.	1983	Utsjoki	Finland
11.	1980	Tromso	Norway
10.	1978	Arjeplog	Sweden
9.	1976	Inari	Finland
8th.	1974	Snåsa	Norway
7th	1971	Gällivare	Sweden
6th	1968	Hetta	Finland
5.	1965	Tana	Norway
4th	1962	Kiruna	Sweden
3.	1959	Inari	Finland
2.	1956	Karasjok	Norway
1.	1953	Jokkmokk	Sweden

Nordic Council

In accordance with § 13 of the Nordic Council's Rules of Procedure , only the Sami Parliamentary Council, which represents the elected Sami representations ( Sameting ) in Finland , Norway and Sweden , has observer status and is involved in the work of the Council on Sami issues included.

Arctic Council

As the umbrella organization of the indigenous people of the Arctic, the Sami Council, representing the Sami of Norway, Sweden and Finland, has a guaranteed right to participate in the Arctic Council as a so-called permanent participant.

See also

• Sameting - parliamentary representation of the Sami in Finland, Sweden and Norway
• Sápmi

Web links

• Sámiráđđi Official website of the Seed Council ( North Sami, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Russian)
• About the Saami Council About the Saami Council (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Samerådet: Organisasjon , accessed on September 26, 2010 (Norwegian)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Samerådet - Svenska sections: Mer om Samerådet  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish)  
3. ↑ Veli-Pekka Lehtola: Language - the Map of Reality ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on September 26, 2010 (English) 
4. ↑ Samerådet - Svenska sections: History  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish)  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Samerådet: Samerådet 50 år ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish) 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Saami Council: Representatives of Saami Council , accessed on September 26, 2010 (Sami, English, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish)
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Saami Council: Saami Councils' member organizations , accessed on September 26, 2010 (Sami, English, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish)
8. ↑ Norske Samers Riksforbund: NSRs historie ( Memento of the original dated August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Norwegian) 
9. ↑ Norske Reindriftsamers Landsforbund: Startsiden ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Norwegian) 
10. ↑ Samenes Folkeforbund: Hovedside , accessed on September 26, 2010 (Norwegian)
11. ↑ Svenska Samernas Riksförbund: Historia ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish) 
12. ↑ Riks Organizations Same Ätnam: Om Same Ätnam ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish) 
13. ↑ Renägarförbundet: Renägerförbundets historia ( Memento of the original dated August 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 26, 2010 (Swedish) 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Barents Indigenous Peoples' Office: Saami organizations , accessed on September 26, 2010 (English)
15. ↑ The Executive board , accessed June 1, 2020
16. ↑ Samerådet: Samerådets vedtekter , accessed on September 26, 2010 (Norwegian)
17. ↑ Samerådet: Raporter retrieved (Norwegian) 26 September 2010
18. ^ Rules of Procedure for the Nordic Council

Coordinates: 69 ° 53 ′ 45.4 ″  N , 27 ° 0 ′ 52 ″  E