Elsa Laula Renberg
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Elsa Laula Renberg was a Sámi
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 activist and politician. She was born to reindeer herders, Lars Thomasson Laula and Kristina Josefina Larsdotterb and grew up near Dikanäs. After receiving training school in Stockholm
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 as a midwife, she returned home to live near Dikanäs. In 1908, she married reindeer herder, Thomas Renberg. Together, they moved to Vefsn
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 in Nordland
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, Norway
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 and had 6 children together. Elsa died at the age of 54 of tuberculosis in Brønnøy
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Life or death

In 1904, Renberg wrote and published a 30-page book entitled Infør lif eller död? Sanningsord i de Lappska förhållandena (Do we face life or death? Words of truth about the Lappish situation) making her the first Sámi woman to have her writings published. Her work discusses several issues that were facing the Sámi, such as their education system, their right to vote, and their right to own land.

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