Although modern Sami (numbering about 50,000) are Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish or Russian citizens, they maintain a distinct cultural profile. Duodji has helped preserve their unique heritage.

The annual winter market in Jokkmokk was officially held for the first time in 1605 on the order of Duke Charles (later King Charles IX of Sweden), as an attempt to more or less keep Sweden's ...

Once a year, the people of Jokkmokk, Sweden gather to celebrate their heritage. Reindeer beware. Related Article WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 3,000, Jokkmokk, Sweden, is not, for most of the ...

JOKKMOKK, Sweden -- In the monochrome gloom of the Arctic winter, the intense blues and reds of Sami ceremonial garb glow like the promise that summer will return someday. *Billed as $4 plus GST ...

J O K K M O K K, Sweden, Jan. 14 -- In the monochrome gloom of the Arcticwinter, the intense blues and reds of Sami ceremonial garb glowlike the promise that summer will return someday. When Samis ...

Immerse yourself in one of the world’s oldest nomadic cultures at the Sámi Jokkmokk Market festival in Swedish Lapland, with folk dancing, reindeer racing and dogsledding all on offer.

If your journey begins in Stockholm, you're only five short hours away from Jokkmokk which resides just north of the polar circle. The town was made famous by its rich Sami culture and more ...

Let’s take the example of Jokkmokk. This major centre for reindeer husbandry in Sweden, in Norrbotten (which covers 100,000 square kilometres, or a quarter of the country), is home to some 4,000 Sámi ...

JOKKMOKK, Sweden — On a dirt road passing through sparkling lakes and spruce woods in the wilds of northern Sweden, a woman belonging to Europe’s only indigenous people – the Sami – chants ...

Fewer than 3,000 people live in Jokkmokk, north of the Arctic Circle. But in just a fortnight, more than 40,000 visitors are expected to descend on the town for the annual winter market. The Local ...