Sami People Sami is an indigenous people who live in the middle andnorth part of Sweden and Norway, some parts of Finland and Russia. Sami peopleare not the only indigenous people in Scandinavia, but it is the most known.This people are originally semi-nomadic, they have been lived in Arctic zone,and some of them continue in this way, just with some new technological things.However, nowadays, it is also possible to find them in cities and incorporatedin local culture. Homeland of the Sami People To tell you the truth, there are not just one Sami peoplewith unique language. There are differentiations into this group called Sami.They have etymology, history, customs, clothes, traditions, beliefs and lifestylethat were incorporated (a small piece) by Swedish people.Sami flag The reindeerherding is legally reserved just for Sami people in Sweden, in other words, intheory all reindeer in the country belong to this people. In northern Sweden ispossible to feel the influence of these peoples. There is even a Sami museum inJokkmokk city. The historical province of Lappland, region in the extremenorthern Sweden, is one of the areas that there are more Samis in Sweden. Themunicipalities of Gallivare, Jokkmokk and Arjeplog were designated as UNESCOWorld Heritage Site in 1996, as a "Laponian Area", in other words, aSami people space.Sami People MuseumTypical ClothesWebsite about Sami People: http://www.nordnorge.com/en/sapmi/?News=57 Church of Sweden The official religion in Sweden is Lutheranism, which was adopted by King Gustav I of Sweden, more known in Sweden as King Gustav Vasa. Svenska Kyrkan (Church of Sweden) took part of State of Sweden until January 1st, 2000, in other words, every Swedes were considered members of Church of Sweden. Despite it is not more directly connected to State, nevertheless changes are slow and need that people incorporate them. The region where today is Sweden already had other religions, such as paganism, that was substituted by Catholicism, which was really established just in 11th century. King Gustav Vasa decided to introduce the Lutheranism in Sweden and cut relationships with papacy of Catholic Church, headquartered in Rome. Between 1521 and 1531 happened the change, officially. However, several sectors of society did not agree, since in a practice way, services (cults) were very similar to Catholic worship. And, moreover because they knew the real reason of Protestant Reformation in Sweden (King decided to adopted Protestantism), was to secure control over the church and its assets (properties and gold in churches). According to official data in 2009, 71% of Swedish population took part of Church of Sweden, giving the country the title of most Lutheran country in the world in relation to percentage of members. Nevertheless, many of these members are just in the statistics, since less than 10% of members regularly attend religious activities. Other religions also can be expressed in Sweden. Thesereligions already have presented considerable numbers. Such as Catholics (theyare around 1.9%) and Pentecostals (around 1%). And, other religions (Islamism, Judaism, Orthodox Church and others)summed reach about 11% of the Swedish population. Nowadays, it can notice in Swedish Lutheran population aparticular view as regards to religion. There is influence from