Northern Sami language
This court is officially bilingual in that all work (oral or written) may be done in either the Norwegian language or the Northern Sami language. The court has an additional responsibility (based on section 110 of the Constitution of Norway) that other district courts do not have: to protect the customs and identity of the Sami people as well as the rights of Sami-speaking people to have the full access of the law in this court.