Miscellaneous

Sami, Forest Finns, and Kvens Tribes

November 23 , 2024 17 hrs 0 min 21 0

The Norwegian parliament has apologised to the minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them.
They have apologised to the Sami, Kvens and Forest Finns by the Norwegian parliament, known as Storting.
Norwegian state-run boarding schools banned minority languages and they made forced relocation of whole villages during the 18th century and became official policy from 1851.
Sami People are Indigenous to Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
They are traditionally reindeer herders and fishers.
Kvens are the ethnic minority of Finnish descent in northern Norway.
They were historically subjected to forced assimilation and loss of language.
Forest Finns are the Minority group originally from Finland who settled in Norway and Sweden.
They practiced slash-and-burn agriculture, later marginalized by the assimilation policies.