page_title: Knud Leem
hierarchical_section_title: Knud Leem
caption_attribution_description: Copper carving depicting a Sámi shaman from Meråker, Nord-Trøndelag with his drum (meavrresgárri / gievrie).
context_page_description: Knud Leem was a Norwegian priest and linguist, most known for his work with the Sami people and the Sami languages.
context_section_description: Knud Leem (13 February 1697 – 27 February 1774) was a Norwegian priest and linguist, most known for his work with the Sami people and the Sami languages.
caption: Sami shaman with a drum used for runic divination (meavrresgárri). Illustrations printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode in Florence, after drawings made by Knud Leem for Beskrivelse over Finnmarkens Lapper (1767)
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