Lapps Collection

Norway - Kautokeino - Sami People

Northern Scandinavian girl in traditional costume, lisening to the sound of the sea in a conch shell. Possibly a young member of the Sami People. circa 1910s

Old Sami Man from Finnmark County, Norway
An old Sami Man from Finnmark County in the extreme northeast of Norway. The Sami peoples (also spelled Saami and also known as Lapps)

Lapps in Lapland during daily life with reindeer living and working in 1650

Sami People, Norway - outside their tent Date: circa 1910s

Sami Family, Norway. Date: circa 1908

A family of the Sami People from Finnmark, Norway
A family of the Sami People (Saami) from Finnmark - a county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway Date: circa 1901

Sami People - Early Photograph
The Sami people, (also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory) are the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sapmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden

Saami indigenous family with reindeer probably Norway
Vintage 19th century photograph: Saami indigenous family with their reindeer outside their home, probably Norway. Historically known as Lapps or Lapplanders

Saami indigenous family probably Norway, Lapps or Lapplander
Vintage 19th century photograph: Saami indigenous family with their dog outside their home, probably Norway. Historically known as Lapps or Lapplanders

Man and woman of St. Petersburg, Russia. The man has a tray of bottles on his head and the woman carries a basket of eggs

Sami people or Lapplanders in a tent made of sail and stakes. Seats made of soft reindeer skins and woollen covers. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813

Village with church in Enontekio, northern Lapland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Sami people (Lapps) in an octagonal tent with herd of reindeer. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence

Dome-shaped house of the Sami people, Lapland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Giuseppe Acerbi on a Finnish boat encountering
Giuseppe Acerbi and others on a Finnish boat encountering Sami people on the river Rostijocki (Lapland). A noble woman moves forward to welcome them, while others grill fish on a fire

Lapps in a hut of beams covered with skins
A family of Lapps around a fire in a hut made of wood beams covered with animal skins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Sami people or Lapps. Jannes Holm in fur hat and collar, and his wife in fur-trimmed hat, Norway Laplanders. Hyperboreans or Finns

Enontekis at source of the Muonio River, Finland
Enontekis (Enontekio) at the source of the Muonio River, Finland, showing the Ministers House, the Church, and the Warehouses of the Lapps and Merchants of Tornea. 1819

A family of Lapps with tents and reindeer. Date: 1880

LAPPS AND REINDEER
With reindeer and dogs, outside their tents Date: circa 1840

Sami Family, with tent, sled and Reindeer, Finnmark County
Sami Family, with tent, sled and Reindeer from Finnmark County in the extreme northeast of Norway. The Sami peoples (also spelled Saami and also known as Lapps)

Aged Sami Fortuneteller - Norway
Aged Sami (Saami) Fortuneteller - Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Sami People - Norway - with antlers and dogs Date: 1930

Norway - Sami People Date: circa 1910s

Sami People - Norway - with Reindeer and small wooden sled
Sami (Saami) People - Norway - with Reindeer and small wooden sled. Date: circa 1909

Sami People - Display at Skansen, Sweden
Traditional homes of the Sami peoples (also spelled Saami and also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory), an arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sapmi

Islands in the Baltic Sea, near Stockholm, Sweden
View from Tourist Station, Saltoluokta, Lapland, Sweden Date: 1927

Sami family, Arctic area of Sapmi
Sami couple, baby and dog outside their home. They are from the Arctic area of Sapmi, which covers northern parts of Scandinavia and Russia. Date: late 19th century

Stockholm - Skansen
Skansen - the open air museum and zoo found on the island of Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before

Sami Family, Sweden Date: circa 1905

Sami People - Sweden Date: circa 1910s

A couple of Sami people. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Norway - Sami Family in their tent
Sami People from Norway inside their tent

Aurora Borealis / Reindeer
The Northern lights over Porsangerfjord, Norway - part of Norwegian Lapland

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

Reindeer and Lapps
With reindeer and dogs, outside their tents

Lapps Preached At
Gudstjenst i ett lappkapell - divine service in a Lapp chapel, seemingly in a private home, cleared for the purpose. Presumably Lutheran

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