On the Norway-Russia border, the Sámi people face a growing divide
As Russia’s war in Ukraine reshapes this Arctic frontier, Sámi communities struggle to sustain cross-border traditions.
![An illustration showing a map of the Indigenous coastal Sami homeland, Sápmi, which stretches across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/russia-2-1793450350.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
As Russia’s war in Ukraine reshapes this Arctic frontier, Sámi communities struggle to sustain cross-border traditions.
![An illustration showing a map of the Indigenous coastal Sami homeland, Sápmi, which stretches across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/russia-2-1793450350.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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