Sameting (Sweden)

**Sameting**
Basic data
Seat:	Kiruna
Legislative period :	4 years
First session:	August 26, 1993
MPs:	31
Current legislative period
Last choice:	May 21, 2017
Chair:	Paul Kuoljok
	Website
	www.sametinget.se

The Sami Parliament in Sweden ( Swedish Sametinget , Northern Sami Sámediggi , Lule Sámedigge , South Sami Saemiedigkie ) is the parliament of the seeds in Sweden . As a state authority, the Sami Parliament has the power to implement the policies decided by the Swedish Parliament and the government, which sometimes goes against the party program of the elected Sami members. The meeting has 31 members who are elected every four years. In Finland and Norway , there is a respective Sami Parliament.

history

In Sweden, the Sameting Act came into force on January 1, 1993. The first elections to the Sameting took place on May 16, 1993, and on August 26, 1993 King Carl XVI opened. Gustaf the first session of the Swedish Sampling in Kiruna .

In 2007, certain government tasks were transferred from the administrative boards of the county and the state agricultural authority to the Sami parliament, which became the central administrative authority on reindeer herding, thereby clearly separating the political and executive parts of the matter. In connection with the minority reform in 2010, the Sami Parliament, together with the Stockholm County Administrative Board, became responsible for monitoring compliance with the law.

Seat

The main office of the Sami parliament is located in Kiruna in the province of Norrbotten County , but the plenary of the Sami parliament does not currently have its own permanent premises. In 2006 the state real estate agency announced a winner of the architectural competition for a new Sami parliament building in Kiruna to be built in the new center of Kiruna or elsewhere. However, no decision has yet been made or funding has been secured (2017).

composition

Political party	Seats
Political party	1993	1997	2001	2001 ¹	2005	2009	2013	2017
Albmut - Almetjh - Almasj - Folket						1	1	1
Fred och Frid - Urminnes hävd	0
Guovssonásti	4th	4th	2	2	3	4th	3	5
Jakt- och Fiskesamerna	2	3	5	6th	9	7th	9	9
Laahkoeh			1	1
Landspartiet Svenska Samer	3	3	2	1		2	3	3
Mii Sámit, Vi Samer		1	1	1
Min Geaidnu Mijá Gäjnno Mijjen Geajnoe	3	3	2	2	3	3	4th	1
Same Etnam	2	1	0	0
Samerna	3	4th	5	4th	4th	5	2	1
Samerna för framtiden	1	0
Samernas Väl	1
Sámiid Riikkabellodat Samelandspartiet	7th	6th	9	10	8th	6th	6th	7th
Samisk Solidarity	1	1
Samiska Folkomröstningspartiet								1
Solidarity						0
Vi Samer							0
Vuovdega-Skogssamerna	4th	5	4th	4th	4th	3	3	3
Västerbotten's Samer	0

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Web links

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Official website (Swedish, English, Sami)

Individual evidence

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