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"The Sami people live in Norway, Sweden and Finland."
Translation:Samerna bor i Norge, Sverige och Finland.
January 1, 2015
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Henner673636
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I agree with Heidi. As far as I know there are Sami in Russia. Sápmi stretches all the way to the Eastermost tip of the Kola-Peninsula.
When we’re talking about a people, i.e. an ethnic group or so, we don’t use that construction. Människorna means ”people” as in ”persons, human beings” and not as in an ethnic group. When we talk about a people, we just say like ”svenskarna” (The Swedes) or ”samerna” (The Sámi). You could also say ”det samiska folket” (the Sámi people), but it sounds very formal or unnatural.