Sami culture

Ume Sami language area, Southern Sami culture, active reindeer herding, historical musical performance, resource centre, Sami guide and Sami artist. Welcome here, or as we say in Ume Sami and Southern Sami: Buerestbåhtieme & Buerie båeteme.

    Sami signs in Okstindan

    Starting in the summer of 2024, visitors to Okstindan will be able to find information signs at selected locations where the Sami people have made a clear mark in one way or another. The signs have a QR code that points to this...

    Ume Sámi Resource Center

    The Ume Sámi Resource Center is located on Hemnesberget and Langbakken, with a beautiful view over the fjord. Here you can meet the Ume Sámi artist Jørn Magnus Rivojen, who is passionate about taking...

    Sami art and culture

    Okstindan Nature and Culture Park is located in an area with long traditions from the Ume Sami culture as well as the Southern Sami. There is active reindeer herding here with reindeer grazing both in Okstindan and several of the other...

    Klemetspelet

    Klemetspelet is a large outdoor theatre musical about the Sami Klemet, who lived with his family under a stone slab at the top of Leirskardalen around the turn of the last century. Klemet both fascinated and frightened....