Minorities

Sámi languages making gains in Finland

In honour of Sámi National Day (Feb 6), we visit Helsinki’s only Sámi daycare and also look at how Sámi TV is expanding.

Sámi National Day Feb. 6: Rauna Kuokkanen, a Sámi who teaches at the University of Toronto, sees her people in a global context.

Helsinki has a Sámi population of 1,000 strong. How do they keep their culture, language and identity alive down south in the city?

2,008

people in Finland speak Sámi as their mother tongue

Source: Statistics Finland