Ságat

Ságat is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja, Finnmark, Norway.

History and profile[]

Ságat was founded in Vadsø in 1957^[1] and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in Detanu, Kárášjohka, Evenašši, Mátta-Várjag, and Áltá, Norway.^[2]

The editor since 1978 has been . Since October 2008, the paper has published five days per week on weekdays.^[3] Later it became a daily newspaper.^[1]

Ságat had a circulation of 2,717 copies in 2007.^[4] Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.

Editors-in-chief[]

1956–1957
Hans J. Henriksen and 1958–1961
Hans J. Henriksen 1961–1964
Nils Jernsletten 1964–1966
1966–1966
Hans J. Henriksen 1966–1967
1967–1968
1968–1974
, and 1974–1975
1976
1976–1978
1978–

References[]

^ ^a ^b Sue Robinson (14 April 2016). Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-60875-2. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ "Fakta om Ságat". Ságat (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ Eva Josefsen; Eli Skogerbø (2013). "An Indigenous Public Sphere? The Media and the 2009 Sámediggi Election Campaign" (PDF). Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 4 (1). Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ "Opplagstall 2007 for aviser tilslutta" (PDF). Landslaget for Lokalaviser (LLA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

External links[]

Official homepage

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[sue-1] Sue Robinson (14 April 2016). Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-60875-2. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

[2] "Fakta om Ságat". Ságat (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[3] Eva Josefsen; Eli Skogerbø (2013). "An Indigenous Public Sphere? The Media and the 2009 Sámediggi Election Campaign" (PDF). Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 4 (1). Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[4] "Opplagstall 2007 for aviser tilslutta" (PDF). Landslaget for Lokalaviser (LLA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

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