page_title: Forest Sami
hierarchical_section_title: Forest Sami
caption_attribution_description: English: Forest Sami hut at Spänningsvallen, Arvidsjaur. Woodcut by P D Holm (1835-1903) from photograph by Lotten von Düben. Svenska: Det skogssamiska vistet Spänningsvallen vid Spenningstjärnen mellan Östra Järfojaur och Seudnur i Arvidsjaurs socken, på gränsen mellan nuvarande Östra och Västra Kikkejaurs samebyar. Träsnitt efter foto av Lotten von Düben.
context_page_description: The forest Sami were a Sami people who worked in the woods and who, unlike the reindeer-herding Sami people, did not move up into the fells during the summer season. Historically, there have been forest Sami in Sweden in the area ranging from northern Ångermanland to the far north. In the early 1600s the term granlapp was also used to refer to the Sami people who paid taxes only to Sweden, compared to the semi-nomadic fell Sami, who, since they worked in the fells that straddled the Swedish-Norwegian border, had to pay taxes to both countries. When Ernst Manker studied the life of the forest Sami in the early 20th century, nearly all of their habitations had been abandoned. Only one forest Sami village remained, in Malå in Västerbotten, an area known as Stenundslandet in Anundsjö.
context_section_description: The forest Sami (Swedish: Skogssamer) were a Sami people who worked in the woods and who, unlike the reindeer-herding Sami people (the "fell Sami"), did not move up into the fells during the summer season. Historically, there have been forest Sami in Sweden in the area ranging from northern Ångermanland to the far north. In the early 1600s the term granlapp was also used to refer to the Sami people who paid taxes only to Sweden, compared to the semi-nomadic fell Sami, who, since they worked in the fells that straddled the Swedish-Norwegian border, had to pay taxes to both countries. When Ernst Manker studied the life of the forest Sami in the early 20th century, nearly all of their habitations had been abandoned. Only one forest Sami village remained, in Malå in Västerbotten, an area known as Stenundslandet in Anundsjö.
caption: Forest Sami settlement at Spänningsvallen between Järfojaur and Seudnur, designated since 1971 as the Arvidsjaur Municipality. 1873 woodcut based on a photograph.
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