Matti Aikio (1872-1929) was a Sami who wrote in Norwegian at a time when indigenous people were new to reading and writing. Poor health when young meant he was ill equipped for physical labor. He did not learn to write Norwegian until he was eighteen and then spent his relatively short life among Norwegians in Oslo penning novels and articles for newspapers. In Reindeer Hide from 1906, his first Norwegian novel, is a story with two strands: reindeer theft and a love affair between a Sami boy and a Norwegian girl that is doomed by cultural and societal mores. His best known novel is The...
Matti Aikio (1872-1929) was a Sami who wrote in Norwegian at a time when indigenous people were new to reading and writing. Poor health when young mea...
A Sami dentist by the name of Olle writes a book entitled 'Cheerful Tenacity.' After his marriage to Agnete falls apart he becomes the 'host' at a mountain chapel where migrating Sami reindeer herders spend Easter and Christmas. He's mainly responsible for a group sauna where 11 people die from the cold. He becomes friends with a Sami family and has a relationship with their younger daughter who is much younger than Olle. After less than a year Olle told he isn't the right person to be host. He heads south perhaps to get together with Agnete who has written to him several times."
A Sami dentist by the name of Olle writes a book entitled 'Cheerful Tenacity.' After his marriage to Agnete falls apart he becomes the 'host' at a mou...
