Sami Act of Norway

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The Sami Act of Norway is a key piece of legislation that establishes and regulates the rights, status, and representative institutions of the Sámi people within Norway.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sami Act of Norway canonical 2
Sami Act 1
Sámi Act (Norway) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian law ⓘ
act of parliament ⓘ
administeredBy Norwegian Ministry responsible for local government and regional development ⓘ
appliesTo Norwegian public authorities ⓘ
Sámi people ⓘ
linked to: Sámi
basedOn recognition of the Sámi as an indigenous people ⓘ
containsProvisionOn Sámi language administrative districts ⓘ
consultation procedures between state authorities and the Sámi Parliament ⓘ
election of representatives to the Sámi Parliament ⓘ
tasks and powers of the Sámi Parliament ⓘ
use of Sámi language in courts ⓘ
use of Sámi language in health and social services ⓘ
use of Sámi language in public administration ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
defines criteria for registration in the Sámi electoral roll ⓘ
geographical scope of Sámi language administrative districts ⓘ
establishes Sámi Parliament of Norway ⓘ
legal basis for the Sámi Parliament of Norway ⓘ
grantsRight right to communicate with public authorities in Sámi within Sámi language administrative districts ⓘ
right to use Sámi language in certain public contexts ⓘ
hasEffect strengthening Sámi political participation in Norway ⓘ
strengthening protection of Sámi culture in Norway ⓘ
strengthening protection of Sámi language in Norway ⓘ
hasPurpose to safeguard and develop Sámi culture ⓘ
to safeguard and develop Sámi language ⓘ
to safeguard and develop Sámi society ⓘ
inForceIn Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
language Northern Sámi ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
indigenous rights ⓘ
language rights ⓘ
minority rights ⓘ
officialName Lov om Sametinget og andre samiske rettsforhold ⓘ
regulates Sámi representative institutions in Norway ⓘ
linked to: Sámi parliaments

rights of the Sámi people in Norway ⓘ
status of the Sámi people in Norway ⓘ
relatedTo Finnmark Act ⓘ
Norwegian Constitution Article 108 ⓘ
Sámi Parliament of Norway ⓘ
shortName Sameloven ⓘ
Sami Act ⓘ
linked to: Sami Act of Norway
subjectOf legal scholarship on indigenous rights in the Nordic countries ⓘ
political debates on Sámi self-determination in Norway ⓘ
supports implementation of Norway’s obligations under international indigenous rights instruments ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sámediggi (Norway) → legalBasis → Sami Act of Norway ⓘ
Sami Act of Norway → shortName → Sami Act ⓘ
linked to: Sami Act of Norway
Sámi electoral roll (Norway) → legalBasis → Sámi Act (Norway) ⓘ
linked to: Sami Act of Norway