Etniska grupper och regioner som minnesplatser

Elenius, Lars

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“…In this ethnic context the role of a single country was de-emphasised in favour of many ethnic kingdoms and a common Nordic area. The Nordic dimension became part of the national identification of the Scandinavian countries, and the Sámi people, to a large extent, contributed to this Nordic identification (Elenius 2008).…”

Section: The Sámi As Part Of the Nordic Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…We know that Magnus travelled to the area around the northern Gulf of Bothnia in 1519. The aim was to visit the different parishes and, as a representative of the Pope, collect money and sell letters of indulgence (Elenius 2008). In the North he got the impression that he encountered a sub-Arctic antiquity, which he wanted to introduce to the Mediterranean countries.…”

Section: The Sámi As Part Of the Nordic Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the entrance hall of the Nordic Museum stands, ironically enough, an enormous statue of the Swedish King Gustav Vasa saying: 'Be Swedish!' (Elenius 2008). Thus, the umbrella is Nordic but the content is nationalistic.…”

Section: The Sámi As Part Of the Nordic Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

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Symbolic Charisma and the Creation of Nations: The Case of the Sámi

Elenius

2010

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The cultural charisma of the Sámi people has served to inscribe them in the nation myths of the Scandinavian states. This charisma was also built into the self‐image of the Nordic countries when they established as a political organisation in the 1950s. While this charisma was to some extent created by leaders of the majority population, its symbolic value has also been used by the Sámi movement as a tool for political mobilisation. The global resistance by indigenous people towards colonialism resulted in a shift of the Sámi people's strategy from national to global action, and in the redefinition from a ‘nature people’ within the nation‐state to an ‘indigenous people’ in a global legalistic discourse. At the same time, Sámi politicians strive to unite the different Sámi groups through a common homeland, Sápmi, which crosses the nation‐state borders. The political territory of Sápmi can culturally be regarded as an imagined nation in the same way as a nation‐state, even if it is scattered across four countries. The creation of a Sámi nation also faces the same kind of inter‐ethnic problems as the nation‐state.

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Section: The Sámi As Part Of the Nordic Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Sámi As Part Of the Nordic Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%