Expulsion or deportation

Dislocation of Sami people

20th century · 61.00° N, 15.00° E

Open on the mapWikipedia
Open on the map

What the records say

When
20th century
Kind
Expulsion or deportation
Coordinates
61.00° N, 15.00° E
Description
20th-century forced migrations of Sámi people
Date from
year in its Wikidata description

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Dislocation of Sámi people from Jukkasjärvi and Karesuando

20th-century forced migrations of Sámi people

Sámi people were forcibly dislocated from Jukkasjärvi and Karesuando to areas further South in Sweden in the 1920s to 1940s. In total it included 300–400 people. After Russia had closed its borders, first to Norway in 1852 followed by Finland in 1888, the cross-border reindeer herding became a conflict between the countries.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

The source

Nearby in time and place