Sámi City Walk

Sámi City Walk

A city walk through Sámi history in Trondheim

Buttons Sámi City Walk

Digital Guide (for mobile phone)

Website (for further reading)

About the Project

Sámi City Walk texts

The Sámi City Walk takes you to 14 stops in central Trondheim, where you can learn about important places and events from Sámi history in Trondheim, or Tråante as the city is called in South Sámi. 

There are two versions of the city walk: The digital guide is tailored for mobile phones and offers shorter texts, audio files, and an interactive map. The web version includes longer texts, images, audio files, maps, and links for further reading. 

We welcome feedback from users regarding the content, user-friendliness, and possible tasks for school classes. Feedback and suggestions can be sent to Helen M. Murray. 

The stops on the city walk are marked on the map. The tour starts at Elgeseter Bridge and ends at Ilaparken, covering a distance of about 3.5 km. Click on the points on the map for information about each stop. 

For more information about South Sámi culture and history, we recommend these websites: Baalka, Voices from the South, Rørosmuseet, and Saemien Sijte. 

Image Sami City Walk

A Sámi bride and groom with family, in black and white, from Trondheim in 1900. Photo
Trondheim has been a centre where people come for various purposes, as well as being the home of city dwellers. Here there are shops, meeting places, hotels, and hubs for travel. Weddings have been part of what can be done during a city visit. This is the wedding photo of Anton and Sanna Jonassen. They married at Bakke Church in 1900, and then went to photographer Skjevlo at Kongensgate 11 to have this picture taken. Anton was from Nord-Fosen, and Sanna was from Stod, and together they herded reindeer in Nord-Fosen. Photo: Skjevlo, Olav P./ Saemien Sijte Foundation. 

Project Group

Project Group

  • Helen M. Murray, NTNU (Project Leader) 
  • Emil M. Eliasson, NTNU 
  • Håkon Hermanstrand, Nord University 
  • Daniel Johansen, NTNU 

We thank the following individuals for their contributions to the project: Axel Christophersen, Mattis Danielsen, Monika S. Nyhagen, Minerva Piha, Kristin Sara, and Maria Antonie Sæther.