Research projects

The origins of the Sámi homelands

The aim of the project is to fill the knowledge gap by investigating how land and resources were distributed in older Sámi communities in...

Sávvet

The Silvermuseet's collections include objects collected from the 1920s onwards. Over the years, views have been expressed about...

GLAS - Glacier Archaeology in Sápmi

Climate change is now a fact of life. We are witnessing glaciers and snow caps rapidly melting away. In step with the...

Sami normative systems and legal conceptions

In the Girjas judgment from 2020, the Supreme Court has pointed out that there are Sami customs (developed and unwritten rules) within the...

2012-2018

Recalling the past

Cultural heritage, landscapes and identity processes in northers Fennoscandia.

2010-2012

Trade, trade routes and Sami communities

The project Trade, Trade Routes and Sami Societies: Socio-economic Networks in Northern Sweden 1000-1500 AD had an even clearer focus on...

2005-2009

The cultural landscape of the mountains

The research project The cultural landscape of the mountains - internal and external factors in Sámi landscape use AD 0-1600 took its starting point in the social and...

2001-2003

People and the environment in forests and mountains

The project focused on the interaction between climate, vegetation and humans in a long-term perspective. The project's objective was to investigate the human involvement...

1999-2003

People, fire and landscape

The project dealt with the establishment and ecological conditions of the fishing community in the Norrland hinterland 9000 - 6000 BP, i.e. the period after the...

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