Nuorttanaste
Encyclopedia
Nuorttanaste is a religious publication from Norway
published in Northern Sámi
. The first time it appeared in print was in 1898, when it was published once a month. Currently, the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
puts out eleven issues a year.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
published in Northern Sámi
Northern Sami
Northern or North Sami is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. The speaking area of Northern Sami covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland...
. The first time it appeared in print was in 1898, when it was published once a month. Currently, the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, or the Free Church as it is commonly known, is a nationwide Lutheran church in Norway consisting of 81 congregations and 21,817 baptized members. It was founded in 1877 in Moss. It should not be confused with the Church of Norway, though both churches are...
puts out eleven issues a year.
Editors-in-chief
- Gustav LundGustav LundGustav Fridjof Lund was a Norwegian Sámi travelling preacher, a so-called "sled preacher". In 1898, he became the first editor-in-chief of the Northern Sámi Nuorttanaste Christian monthly, which is currently the oldest Sámi religious publication in the world.-References:...
1898–1911 - Ole A. Andersen 1911–15
- Henrik Olsen Heika 1915–48
- Anders Guttormsen 1948–60
- Jon O. Nilsen 1960–92
- Ann Solveig Nystad 1992–2003
- Olaug Balto Larsson 2003–