ORGANIZACJA I KOMPETENCJE SAMEDIGGI – PARLAMENTU RDZENNEGO NARODU SAAMÓW W FINLANDII
ORGANIZATION AND COMPETENCE OF THE SÁMEDIGGI – THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIGENOUS SÁMI PEOPLE IN FINLAND

Summary/Abstract: The Sámi is a small, indigenous nation residing in the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Their modern territories are separated by the boundaries of four countries: Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. Sámi aspirations for national revival and the growing importance of protecting the collective rights of minorities in Europe led to the strengthening of their legal status and at the end of the last century to grant cultural autonomy and, consequently, the creation of Sámi Parliaments in the Nordic countries. The first was Sámediggi – Sámi Parliament in Finland, established in 1995 by The Sámi Act. It is representation of all Sámi living in this country, and its chairman in cooperation with counterparts in other parliaments in the Nordic countries and organizations of Sámi in Russia is the rotational main representative of the entire nation. Sámediggi has two main areas of action: the first is maintenance and development of language and culture and the second is political and legal status of the Sámi as the indigenous nation.

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