Samernas folkhögskola och de samiska språken 1942–1990

The Sami folk high school and the Sami languages 1942–1990The Swedish Mission Society – SMS (Svenska missionssällskapet – SMS), wanted to improve the opportunities’ for Sami youth in Sweden and therefore they started a folk high school (folkhögskola) for the Sami in 1942. One of the aims of SMS was...

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Published inNordic journal of educational history Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 95 - 119
Main Author Hansson, Johan
Format Journal Article
LanguageDanish
English
Swedish
Published Umeå University 24.05.2016
Subjects
education
historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning
history of education
identitet
identity
language
samer
Sami
språk
utbildning
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Summary:The Sami folk high school and the Sami languages 1942–1990The Swedish Mission Society – SMS (Svenska missionssällskapet – SMS), wanted to improve the opportunities’ for Sami youth in Sweden and therefore they started a folk high school (folkhögskola) for the Sami in 1942. One of the aims of SMS was to help the Sámi to preserve and develop the Sami culture and languages. Over time Sami themes, the languages being one, became more prominent at the school. However some of the problems regarding the language teaching remained: the students wanted to learn different Sami languages, their linguistic skills varied a lot, and there was not that many students who wanted to learn Sami. Despite these problems, the teaching improved over the years and the Sami folk high school remained important for the Sami people during the researched period.
ISSN:2001-7766
2001-9076
2001-9076
DOI:10.36368/njedh.v3i1.69