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Saami Council

pan-national council of Sámi peoples
Organization international_organization Q1787062

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
international organization, non-governmental organization[7]
Inception
1956[9]
Country
Norway, Russia, Finland, Sweden[3][4][5][6]
Official website
www.saamicouncil.net, www.saamicouncil.net, www.saamicouncil.net, www.saamicouncil.net, www.saamicouncil.net[10][11][12][13][14]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 69.896°, 27.014°
Chairperson
Per-Olof Nutti[8]
Different from
Skolt Sámi council[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Karasjok Municipality[2]
Member count
+9[23]
Native label
Sámiráđđi, Sääʹmsuåvtõs, Са̄мь Соббар, Sámerárre, Saemienraerie, Sámeráde, Sämirääđi[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Position held by head of the organization
president of the Saami Council[24]
Social media followers
+1928[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Saami Council en Sámiráđđi da Samerådet de Samenrat de Samiraddi de Nordischer Samenrat de Sámi-Rat de Sámi-Rates de Samischer Rat de Sámiráđđi de Rat der Samen de Saami Council fi Saamelaisneuvosto fi Pohjoismaiden Saamelaisneuvosto he מועצת הסאמי ja サーミ評議会 ru Международный совет саами ru Международный совет саамов ru Саамский совет ru Саамский союз
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ROR ID
03xscnc52
VIAF cluster ID
7248149198269374940003
Library of Congress authority ID
n80117056
GND ID
1402470789
OpenAlex ID
I2951581514as of 2026-10-11
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20261011 · as of 2026-10-11
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20261011 · version not recorded
GRID ID
grid.465527.7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sámiráđđi.JPG ↗
Encyclopedia of Saami Culture ID
Saamelaisneuvosto
Facebook username
SaamiCouncil
Freebase ID
/m/03gycst
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Samerådet
Instagram username
saamicouncil
Show all 20 identifiers +8
NE.se ID
samerådet
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007461527205171
Scilit organization ID
56053
Topic's main category
Category:Saami Council
UIA Open Yearbook organization website ID
1100014854
X (Twitter) username
saamicouncil
Yale LUX ID
group/45ad6e9b-40ff-44b8-8718-a391cb8a55dd
Ávvir topic ID
samiraddi

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📜 Data licence
Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Country 4
Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Instance of 2
non-governmental organization, international organization
← Affiliated with 2
Elle Merete Omma, Gunn‐Britt Retter
Employees / affiliates 1
Leif Rantala
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Karasjok Municipality
Topic's main category 1
Category:Saami Council
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Saami Council
← Conferred by 1
Saami Council Literature Prize
← Funder 1
Ijahis idja
← Member of 1
Saami Association of Finland
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Summary

Saami Council is an international organization[1].

Related Entities

Finland Norway Russia Sweden

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . yle.fi. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . avvir.no. Retrieved . avvir.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . yle.fi. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . saamicouncil.net. saamicouncil.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Sámiráđđi.JPG"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member count → {'unit': 'Q43229', 'amount': '+9'}
    Country → —
    Position held by head of the organization → president of the Saami Council
    Official website → http://www.saamicouncil.net, https://www.saamicouncil.net/en/home/, https://www.saamicouncil.net/se/hem/ +2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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