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Lavvo - traditional dwellings of the Sami people - set up in front of the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, in October 2023, to protest against windfarms installed on herding areas for their reindeer. Photo: © Gorm Kallestad / NTB / AFP

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In Oslo, on Eidsvoll square outside of the Norwegian Storting, the Parliament of Norway, a Lavvo – a traditional temporary Sami dwelling – was put up on November 12, 2024. An unusual gesture by the Storting, which signified an opening to dialogue. During the day, the space was visited by indigenous and minority representatives, members of the Storting, and people passing by.

Meanwhile inside the Storting, parliamentarians were debating how to follow up on the report and recommendations for reconciliation delivered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on June 1, 2023. And it was in conclusion of this debate that the Storting issued a formal apology to the Sámi, Kven, Norwegian Finns and Forrest Finns:

“With this the Storting apologizes for the active role that previous Stortings have taken in the Norwegianization politics, and recognizes its responsibility for the consequences which these policies have had for groups as well as individuals”, Svein Harberg (Høyre/The Conservative Party) said on behalf of the Storting.…  Seguir leyendo »