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Saami Council

pan-national council of Sámi peoples
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Summary

Saami Council is an international organization[1]. It draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (international organization category, ranking #121 of 431).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Karasjok Municipality[3]
  • Country: Norway[4], Russia[5], Finland[6], Sweden[7]
  • Instance of: non-governmental organization[8]
  • Commons category: Saami Council[9]
  • Chairperson: Per-Olof Nutti[10]
  • Inception: 1956[11]
  • Official website: http://www.saamicouncil.net[12], https://www.saamicouncil.net/en/home/[13], https://www.saamicouncil.net/se/hem/[14], https://www.saamicouncil.net/fi/etusivu/[15], https://www.saamicouncil.net/ru/home/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saami Council[17]
  • Native label: Sámiráđđi[18], Sääʹmsuåvtõs[19], Са̄мь Соббар[20], Sámerárre[21], Saemienraerie[22], Sámeráde[23], Sämirääđi[24]
  • Different from: Skolt Sámi council[25]
  • Member count: 9 organization[26]
  • Position held by head of the organization: president of the Saami Council[27]
  • Social media followers: 1928[28]

Why It Matters

Saami Council has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Finland Norway Russia Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . yle.fi. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . avvir.no. Retrieved . avvir.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . yle.fi. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . saamicouncil.net. saamicouncil.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Sámiráđđi.JPG"
  2. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member count → {'unit': 'Q43229', 'amount': '+9'}
    Country → —
    Position held by head of the organization → president of the Saami Council
    Official website → http://www.saamicouncil.net, https://www.saamicouncil.net/en/home/, https://www.saamicouncil.net/se/hem/ +2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57392|batch #57392]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
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