People Of The Sápmi - Northern Norway
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In 1882 the Danish researcher and teacher Sophus Tromholt travelled to Northern Norway in order to investigate and photograph the phenomenon of Polar Lights. In between his work he took a keen interest in taking pictures of the native inhabitants of the Sápmi area, formerly known as Lapland. The result is now a remarkable collection housed by the University of Bergen, Norway.
In more recent days, Per Ivar Somby - a Norwegian of Tromsø (and of Sami origin) - creates colored versions of Tromholt's photographs, employing a skilful and disciplined technique.
These color versions cannot replace or push aside Tromholt's original black and white photographs. Yet, it is stunning how a little color energizes these pictures to jump at us across a gap of nearly 140 years. In the Kautokeino area, where most of these pictures were taken, the color images enjoy tremendous popularity, largely due to Tromholt himself taking care to note down the names of everybody he took a portrait of, going against the grain of the times to view these people as primitive nomads. Thus the present day Sami can often identify their relatives from bygone days.
Somby at times takes the liberty to crop the original images, presenting us with many close facial portraits that immediately strike us as very modern. These images reveal an amazing array of characters with composure, dignity, resilience. Men, women and even the children seem to be embedded in the wealth of experience that their lives at the frontier of the uninhabitable generates.
The Tromholt Collection has been included in UNESCO's Memory Of The World list.
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On my blog you can find some more info on this presentation, including some links to the original black & white photography by Sophus Tromholt:
wroosch.blogspot.com/2018/04/p...
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As the film opens, you'll find the statement that Sophus Tromholt was "a Dane born in Germany". True enough, his birthplace lies in present day Northern Germany. But at the time of his birth, 1851, the area was part of Denmark.
Tromholt spent his later years mostly in Germany, until his death in 1896. Judged by the amount of details about his life on the German version of Wikipedia, it seems likely that in that country the interest in him was greater than in his native Denmark.
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The creator of the colored versions of these images is Per Ivar Somby. Check out his TH-cam channel for interesting material and demonstrations of his masterful colorizing technique:
/ @colouryourpast
Per Ivar gives this fascinating comment on the images here:
"My colourisation work you are all looking at here. Many of the faces you see here, are my ancestors, most of them are either great-grandparents of me, or my great-great-grandparents. Others of them are cousins or second cousins to my great grandparents. It's a personal document, these colourisations of mine. I also published them in my book in 2019!"
It is my colourisation work you are all looking at here. Many of the faces you see here, are my ancestors, most of them are either great-grandparents of me, or my great-great-grandparents. Others of them are cousins or second cousins to my great grandparents. It's a personal document, these colourisations of mine. I also published them in my book in 2019!
Where can your book be purchased? Thank you
Whoa! Nice ✳️
You did a great job!
Beautiful family you have.
These are truly works of art ❤️
These are my proud ancestors. Came to America as a child nearly 70 years ago. Still email a few cousins up north. They send pictures of snow, I send pictures of wild flowers from Northern California. We all have a good laugh. If you have never met people like this, you have missed something truly special. They are still all up there above the arctic circle surviving a hard life, but now with a few modern conveniences.
You come from Beautiful people
They have it better than us.😊
@@sweetttarts are not all human beings beautiful?
@@luringen947 nope...not all
@@catherinemorand500 so who is ugly?
Beautiful people with such stunning and intense eyes
I totally agree with you!
In most vintage photos the eyes are piercing. Im thinking the photography of the time played a role.
There like white amerindians
damn yo. Even the babies. 4:04
@@cheezheadz3928 also, people didn't do the stupid grins they do now. They understood that life is hard and people had a personal sense of honor that they dared not betray.
My father has Sami heritage and at 75 he is one of the hardest working and stubborn man I have ever known! He resembles these people in his face so much. He is always outdoors here in Wisconsin. Sami will forever be in his blood.
It's funny how all the nordic people settled in the Upper Midwest :)
SAMi. or SAPMI...???
If you are interested in the culture of Sami people, I strongly recommend you to watch this video though... :))
th-cam.com/video/HyRan7oUUQ0/w-d-xo.html
Hard working and stubborn? Are you sure he is not Szekely? Only joking, we have much in common.
Each photo provides a story - the eyes speak to us: "I have fought hard", "I do not relent", "I have known much sorrow", and so on. Truly beautiful and powerful!
You summed it up well. I too noticed the eyes..some were piercing and as you said..I need not repeat!
I chuckle at the girl in the front row tilting her head, seeming to say "I know who I am!" Lol
Sisu!
@@mollyo3558 Absolutely! Kiitos!
"I just farted"
Reindeer meat again. That's it, I'm going vegan.
I grew up on the Sèlish/Kootenai Tribal Confederation reservation in Montana, USA where my Sami Great-Great Grandfather settled. My family has always stood out because while our skin is brown, like our Indigenous neighbors, our eyes are pale blue and green. These photos are a gift of affirmation for a heart that has always felt out of step.
People hardened by the environment. Even the infants look tough.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing, With a smile.
Their skin is like leather. I guess from sun, wind, cold and no sun screen used
Lol
😂
@@janiceharris5475 snow reflects a lot of light back up at you
The "reindeer people." I am one, and so proud.
Real european natives.
Weren’t the Reindeer People in northern Mongolia?
Subutai was one of them
Jonathan Williams - they look Mongolian
Mongolians/russians
Don't believe you
What a handsome people,
such strength and character in their faces.
A rugged, soulful beauty.
There's an old saying I heard growing up that definitely fits them, "Someone to ride the river with."
It wasn't long after these photos were taken that Sami reindeer herders were brought to Alaska to show the coastal natives, Inupiaq and Yupiq peoples their method of reindeer herding and care. I learned about this from my sister when she did work in archeology along the Seward Peninsula in the 90s. The book "Kusiq" is the story of Ralf Bodfish Jr. and it details his experience going through the school and his village reindeer herd in Barrow (Now Utgiavik).
Very interesting. History is so magical and we can still learn from it.
Wow 😯
My unles still own graas reineer mark in Northen Sweden. The culture was almost destroyde, intentionally, but has recovered. It is now reserache and documented like never before and schools in the old laugage exists in both Sweden and Norway (and Finland).
If you are interested in the culture of Sami people, I strongly recommend you to watch this video though... :))
th-cam.com/video/HyRan7oUUQ0/w-d-xo.html
The native Americans had no choice but to agree to it otherwise the government would kill them
What struck me the most was what an extraordinarily handsome people. Thank you!
Its beautiful to live out in the wild and have everything that you need. Its hard to get away from modernization. The modern leaders don't like it when people are sufficient on their own without the need for that government.
I have known freedom like this in Alaska. It truly opens the heart.
Thanks for the comment. After many years in Canada (BC) I think I know what you talk about!
@@RockOfAges00 Its the most important for me that inner peace, the connection with the land and surrounding nature. Its the special and mysterious connection for me.
@@RockOfAges00 The algorithm's are scary. I ordered the book " Defiant Courage " ( Jan Baalsrud 's story ) months ago . Read it just two days ago . It is incredible story . I don't have the words .
En pen presentasjon av mine fargelagte bilder, som jeg ikke visste om.
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A fine presentation of my coloured works. Thanks!
N1C1dna project
N-M231 haplogroup (wikipedia)
En del av bildene virker veldig fremmede for meg, kan det ha vært skoltesamiske eller andre grupper som var fotografert enn dem vi mer moderne utblandinger stammer fra?
@@kristinamickwitz3542 There are a lot of subclades so I don't know how close these are to eachother. My mother's father's Y haplogroup is N-L1034 and his ancestors are Seklers from the Bukovina region (Romania/Ukraine).
@@eirintowne Nei, dette var samer fra Kautokeino-området. Men ,som alle andre steder, så er mennesker en blanding av alt mulig rart, og de varierer veldig i utseende, akkurat som ellers i samfunnet. Det er litt for lett for oss alle å tenke på en firkantet måte, enten/eller, og man tar ikke innover seg at mennesker møtes, blander seg sammen og reiser rundt, kulturer møtes og så videre...
Otroligt vackra bilder!
No Botox or cosmetic surgery - just beautiful, genuine faces that bear the evidence of the joys and sorrows of a life lived in harmony with the earth. ✨
''The year was 1882''
@@GuerrillaSoldieress lilly we Sami don't take part in facelifts or botox or anything abnormal like that. We eat moose and reindeer, seal, bear, fresh fish and berries and that non toxic food source we get that we don't buy at the market in Oslo is the reason why we live longer and look better and if you want blood pancakes I would be happy to make them for you.
living in harmony with the earth is a beastly way to live. Death during childbirth being only one, no computers is another
@@hoomalumalu so you are a racist right?
@G G the only thing stupid is you stalking people just so you can have five minutes of fame now that is really stupid. Your really young right? Let me guess you need attention that's why you stalk and troll because you are desperate.
Their eyes are honestly beautiful. The saying "the eyes are the windows to the soul" has merit, especially when it comes to these people. Hard life but I bet they wouldn't want it any other way. I bet their ancestors cherish these photos.
I can’t watch this without tears rolling down my cheeks... this hit something visceral in me...
You are not alone with this feeling I cried too
Wow! A handsome n beautiful people! They looked a mix of native American Indians with the look of Norwegians ! Thank you for this wonderful surprise that just popped up...so glad it did. Fascinating!
AGREED!!! ;-D
Probably Siberian roots.
@@ApacheChief yes..I didn't think of that! 👍
yes some of them looks mixed
@@mikemuller3564 yes..someone said they looked like they could have Siberian blood as well as
Now I know where Viggo Mortensen got his looks! Great photos ! Proud , and humble people...😍👍❤
SIMPLY WOW!!.. not only is their native clothing beautiful, which I'm sure stems from necessity, they are all stunningly handsome and beautiful people. Not hard on the eyes one bit!😊.. They all have beautiful blue eyes and stunning features. I have done some reading on these people absolutely fascinating. I myself am a native American from Northern California tribes. So this tribe really fascinates me. thank you for posting this it's most interesting. 👍
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You see a lot of Native American features and culture in these people. Native Americans were the first to discover the old world. Eskimo people were the first people to arrive in Eastern Siberia. Asian tribes like the Chukchi did not come until later. And they adopted the lifestyle of the Eskimo in order to survive the climate. They have been intermarrying with Native Americans in the area ever since. There are three major dialects of Eskimo spoken in the world. Siberian, Canadian, and Greenland. Greenland is not all that far from Norway. Is it possible that Native Americans have also settled in Norway as well?
@@smallhelmonabigship3524 or the other way around
@@smallhelmonabigship3524 Its more likely that a branch of eskimos became the Native Americans
@Rune Børsjø Everyone is an immigrant if you go back long enough
These people are extraordinarily attractive. Uh, I suppose the photographer deserves some credit too 🎆
I agree - that was my first impression. Now I have to research how they have progressed since that time.
A few years ago i read some interesting analysis of the ethnic groups that were common to most all the peoples of the Far North . It was a tangent to research I was doing on the Dyatlov Pass incident and I don't remember any hard facts
They mostly covered indigenous Siberian peoples and regions adjacent to Russia, and the information had been originally published in Russia; I remember thinking that it was different from anything I read that had been published in the United States. There were some significant minority contributions to the gene pool by regions and ethnicities that I did not expect...wish I could remember what the were 🤔
Definitely classical male beauty and strength herr.
The colorization is exceptional- they look alive. Beautiful
@@valeriab9735 What do you think that quality is?
The look in their eyes is the hard earned look look of a people that know who they are. It’s truly beautiful and pure.
Amazing pictures, beautiful music! ❤️
Fitting description!
@@user-jb1tu9ic7y prey tell, what do your runes say?
@@leszekwolkowski9856 They come from the Förspjallsljóð, or Hrafnagaldur Óðins. It is the 2nd and 4th stanzas in Elder Futhark.
álfar skilja
elves understand
vísa nornir
norns reveal
@@user-jb1tu9ic7y interesting! I'll look into the Elder Futhark at some point. Cheerio.
Wow, that was a shock. The first man is the spitting image of my late father, same eyes, nose and mouth and the fairness. Really uncanny, spooky.
Additional info 3 months later - just found out my mtdna Haplogroup, it's U which has the highest prevalence among the Sami peoples, a little strange as that is my material side, unfortunately I can't do the male side.
I was just about to say the same thing! Incredible likeness to mine too, although his hair was black, but we both have the same blue-grey eyes and high cheekbones. :)
@@DevonExplorer He, is fair, just look at the eyebrows. Dark people don't have eyebrows that colour. Yes, my eyes are light bluey/green (turquoise) and I have high cheekbones and very light red hair. My DNA apparently has more than 25% Swedish/Finish, although there is no-one in my family that knows about the Swedish connection. We thought it was a Scottish thing. Sorry did you mean your father had black hair or the man in the photo.
@@lk6789 Yes, I meant my dad had black hair. DNA's really interesting, isn't it. I can only account for my maternal ancestors - not having the Y chromosome - but I know from that that I have Norwegian, Swedish, Russian and Siberian DNA, plus others, including Iceland & Greenland, but it's really great to see my Dad may have had similar ancestry. :)
@@DevonExplorer Yes, me too only the X, sounds like your line is very similar to mine, Swedish, Russian and Siberian, modern DNA 99.9% northern European, no mention of Norway. Going back 30,000 years even some Eskimo and Chinese, 45,000 years Turkey and Persia great travellers my lot. Really difficult to believe the Eskimo part as I hate the cold, maybe that's why they ended up in the UK. If you have the raw data you can used GEDMATCH.com to search further back, it's free. Good luck.
I was also thinking the same thing. The first photo looks like what my mother's dad looked like, although he died over 50 years ago. My 84 year old mother just passed away a month ago, and she had the exact same eyes and features. I also was shocked seeing this. I wish I would have come across this before my mom died so that I could have shown her this.
That was beautiful. These people are amazing. Their clothing is fantastic.
I want to knit some of the mittens like the ones the woman is wearing at 3:50.
Fascinating .. the faces... very beautiful in deed... the clothes. I loved it thank you. I’m from Ireland.. I’m sure I recognised some faces as being similar to Irish faces.
That is rather funny because I had the exact same thought, I have a few old photos from my grandfather's fishing village and the faces are uncannily alike.
There were Sami people that went with the Vikings to Ireland. Those Irish girls liked the look of the Fingal or fair strangers lol.
@@davedrewett2196 🎶in Dublins fair city were the girls are so pretty.. 🎵😁
@@lilliankeane5731 🤩
Same. I am french and those sharp blue eyes (or brown as well) run in my family. Looking at those pictures, one of the men looks irish, it's obvious (and he is very handsome)
Truly precious. I am just smitten. Thank The Lord for this photographer's humanity and the colourist/relative's commensurate artistry and relationship, and the music and pacing is consummate. Thank you all, I watched this several times in a row. I have always felt some strange affinity for The Sami people.
Thanks for appreciating my colourisitaions. Some of them you see here are my direct ancestors, like my great-great-grandfather (Very old man in close up - Clemet Gundersen), and great grandparents Johan Isaksen Hætta.
@@ColourYourPast do you favor your grandfather?
@@bonniegarber9915 Yes, and in the start that was my goal. Later, I kind of embraced more people in the same way.
May the creator bless all indigenous people
My family is from Norway. I can see some of my relatives in their faces. These images move me. I feel a connection. Thank you for making this. Beautiful!
I love the reds, blues and greens. Gorgeous colours!
Against the background of some of the most beautiful greys and blue hues ive ever seen in eyes as well as there seemingly wind worn beautiful porcelain skin AMAZING
I am amazed!
These 130 year old photos looks as good as photos taken with an iPhone 12.
N1C1dna project
N-M231 haplogroup (wikipedia)
A good photo is not because of the camera alone.
Exactly. In some aspects we seem to be regressing.
Those old devices were not a joke, they made stunning pictures but it was difficult to handle, now it's just very easy (and lazy)
@@PMMagro yes, a good car doesn't make you a good driver, but if you are a good driver with a good car, perfect match
Wonderful portraits of the Sames people. I see my own face and eyes looking back at me.
Beautiful, strong faces. My father was a fair, blue eyed Hungarian, he looked very much like a couple of the old gentlemen x
Same and I am french ( Normandy where so many vikings choosed to live for food was rare in Scandinavia)
Hungarians are from the Indo-Iranian line not the Indo-aryan line....rather the Indo-Iranian line is from Hungarians, but they are still two separate lines starting from the steppes before the split, one went west Europe the other went eastern Europe...
Beautiful people even behind the harsh life they lived. I hope their beauty was not diluted by outsiders.
Who would be the outsiders?
Amazing work. They are captured so realistically with colour. The years and Sun show the hardness of life.
The UV light is intensified by snow. 90% of UV light can be reflected by fresh fallen snow. This means that exposed skin receives almost a double dose of UV. The characteristic dermatological response to high levels of UV is present in these noble faces.
They remind me of the Ainu of Japan in some ways.
or the Tibetans
Thanks for posting this video. These are some of the best portraits I’ve ever seen. The colorization is very well done and brings to life these people in the 21st century. I like the music and reminds me of Native American singing.
The incantation is evocotive of the native American. The way the girls interlace their fingers in a clasp is darling.
American Indian traditional music is far different.
@@karenbartlett1307 As if to give some credence to my observation, the facial features of those shown are not all nordic in nature. They give testimony to migrations form Asia. Indigenous Americans do bear some facial resemblence leading one to conjecture about some distant connections. South American indigenous tribes bear an even more striking resemblance to Asain characteristics. As to musical similarities I can't say. I limit my ruminations to the incantations only.
@@karenbartlett1307 American Indian? As in people born in the subcontinent..
Native Americans is who this is talking about
That's because the Sami people are more closely related to Native Americans than anything else.. Sami are not even indigenous to Europe. They migrated west into northern Scandinavia from Siberia just a couple thousand years ago. Hence why they have Asiatic features. The majority population of Scandinavia today, the Nordic people who are descendants of Vikings, are the indigenous people of the region.
@@gnolan4281 true but there is always exceptions. I'm half Diné (navajo) and my grandma who is full blooded has blue eyes and paler skin than you would think. Genetics are a funny thing, there is not one "look" when it comes to natives
My dad is/was Norwegian American born in Iowa. He had blue eyes, black hair and distinct cheek bones, he also aged youthfully, you know simple weather of facial lines. I think he is from a descendant of a Sami went to the city, moons ago.
No, everyone wants to claim Sami nowadays. Stop
@@niamtxiv, I don’t claim, I always saw my dad black hair and ice clear blue eyes as most beautiful. I did not know of Sami people, however I like looking at old photos, years back learned of Sami people and old black and white photos, I was drawn to these faces. Skin weathered smooth, silence in their eyes of knowing, and no gray hair. My dad is dead many moons, yet to this day these are the qualities I saw in my dad. Perhaps I say such notions is because my father heard different winds.
Or mixed before he went
? Sorry, do you want our DNA test ??? I am french and I can tell you I have seen those sharp stunning eyes and features a long time ago, yes, right in my family and every morning in my mirror. You have too much ego. We are mixed in Europe with asians, specially in the north, have you seen the cheekbones of Madds Mikkelsen ? His mouth ? His sharp deep eyes ?
@@isabellenicaud3725, I have too much ego. I would say you be having mucho ego. Madden, who? I speaking about my dad. For a Sami to venture into another world, culture, why this be so mind blowing, an impossibility. Was a Sami forbidden to explore, expand horizons, meet different people, discover smells, tastes, sounds, be amazed with inventions, learn the many landscapes on Earth, the Animal Kingdom, etc.. Pardon my ignorance.
What a pleasure for my eyes and ears! Thank you 💗
Thank God for those that fought back, because they were the true brave ones to confront the Vicking hordes.
I read a theory how at some time in the far distant past in Siberia there was a tribe that split up. Some went east and became the ancestors of the Native Americans and others went west and became the ancestors of the Sami. That could explain the Sami’s distinctive appearance.
@Eastwind Today's DNA research show it's mixed. The ethnicities in northern Europe also comes from different waves of different ethnicities. The Sami had late immigration of north asian men, that influenced the most northern tribes a lot. Like the yamnya, indoeuropean herders furter down.
I was thinking while watching that these wonderful people reminded me so much of native Americans.
@@maggievickers1868 Or inuit/eskimoes. Live a similar hard life.
@@billastell3753 Eskimoes look very different though. Here you see a clear imprint of Scandi genes mixed with asian ones.
@@ellabraitman6336 Most look different but there are some that look similar. At least from my perspective. Hope I'm not insulting anyone as I am very respectful of both for surviving in such a harsh land. I have ancestors from Svalbard. The north is not a land for weak people.
It looked like some were holding books in one of those pictures. I wonder what they were. Bibles? Anyway, this was great to see. Just wonderful, and I'm a Scots-Irish from Canada. They still seem familiar to me.
The norwegian goverment forced the sami people into norwegian schools along with biblestudies.
It was probably school books, and maybe bible or a book called Little Katekismus, with biblical words they had to learn by heart, to say it out loud when they were to be confirmated. Many of the pupils were preparing for confirmation, and the priest schooled them.
@@MultiMartinsh It was a good thing to learn them to read and write, and most of them were already good readers and writers in the 1880's. It was the idea of erasing their culture that was the bad thing. To Norwegianize them.
@@MultiMartinsh Okay, thanks. Was curious.
Lots of sami people have a special kind of christian believe today, originated from Lars Levi Læstadius, a swedish bothanic and priest, born in the year 1800. He hade a huge inpact in the sami population as he inspired them to stop misusing alkohol and other destruktive behavior. And care about them self and their rights.
@3:10 This man took the time to shave before getting his picture taken. He even cut his chin. The band aid ? a cigarette rolling paper softened with saliva. Once dry it stays on until the cut has healed.
It's toilet paper. My dad learned this trick from his Norwegian Grandpa.
The most efficient way for stopping bleeding
@@HisWordisLife4U in France men knew that too 😊 it's an old efficient trick
@@isabellenicaud3725 I wonder if this is why animals lick their wounds. Something in the saliva.
Deep souls. High moral standards. Gorgeous people.
Beautiful People!!
Really loved these pictures 😍
Thank You for sharing
Beautiful people! Wide faces, non domineering noses, beautiful eyes and skin! Wow!
Stunning, important work!! Thank you for bringing new life into these precious photos and spreading much-needed knowledge about Sami culture and history.
Thank you for publishing these incredible documentary photographs! What an unbelievable, what a strong people is lost in the dust of time!
Beyond Beautiful faces.
Such hardship is registered in their eyes.
But you can see that they are not zombies and this is what really matters
Loved the photos and now I am in love with the music. Am listening to the whole album now on Amazon Music.
Like a mirror, reflecting back hundreds of generations
Daniel Erickson. You are so right. .Its a very strong gene .I knew my Danish Greatgrandmother. And have grandchildren if my own and the 1st man features in this Deco are sooo familiar luv NZ
I have no idea how this video plonked itself into my recommend box...but I am so glad it did. I enjoyed every minute of looking at the photographs of these extraordinarily handsome and robust people. I used to read tales and legends from around the world to my children when they were young, and one of them was a Finnish tale about the Sampo. This just reminded me of those precious memories. Thanks again for the upload, I loved it! Cheers from Oz! 🦘
The photos are incredible. What a tough life they had.
It’s always good to see what people were wearing prior to the introduction of milled fabrics from somewhere else. So many cultures have stopped weaving and making clothing altogether. The use of furs I wasn’t expecting in such recent times. I’m accustomed to the modern folk costume of primary colors.
Priceless photographs, brought to life with your fine colorization. I like the music, too. Thank you for posting this.
Absolutely stunning. It brings out the spirit and power of danes of old. Thank you for sharing this amazing glimpse of history.
Wow! This is incredible. We have a similar kind of people, but desert living San people or the Bushmen. Tough lives. Amazing photography. Thanks for sharing. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦
Georgie Walker Ik zie geen overeenkomst tussen Bosjesmannen en Lappen. Groet uit Holland. NL
Beautiful
Very impressive collection of portrait photography on the lap landers of Norway.🙏
Your colourisation is truly amazing work. It really does bring humanity and a real connection to very old photographs.
This video just popped in my phone and I've enjoyed it so much. Such a precious material! Amazing work of a great artist. This people look so alive! As if you are standing there and looking at them. You just could feel their souls, could feel their enormous strength. Beautiful, amazing people... By the way, they look like a mixture of Russians and Native Americans.
I have a small amount of this blood in me from my grandfather. The swedish side of the family seemed somewhat ashamed of this bloodline. I was always very proud of it. My eye folds showed it strong when I was a little boy.
Loved the music/song and for sure the pictures.
This is beautiful work and it is wonderful to see the faces of these people. I do love the colorization so that you can see the vibrant colors of their clothing.
Every one of them has something about their eyes, like they’ve truly seen and understood some harsh things and now you would not want to mess with them! 😍😍😍These are beautiful photographs, it’s one of my dreams to lie on the ice and look up at the northern lights 😍 and hopefully to meet the Sami people too! Xxxx
Beautiful! Thank you sincerely. 💞
Beautiful and deeply moving. What noble people. Thank you.
Such wonderful pictures. The liveness in these people is soo intense.
Look like they were taking it yesterday. Outstanding.
My admiration for these humans are limitless.
BEAUTIFUL, stunning, incredible, thanks for sharing. :)
Beautiful indigenous people.
lol, “indigenous people.” What does that even mean? Every single person on earth is indigenous. Nobody came from another planet.. The Sami people are indigenous to northwestern Siberia. They migrated into Scandinavia while there were already Nordic people living there.
Great video!! As a lover of social science, videos like this keeps me wondering and wanting to continue traveling the world 🌎 Visiting other countries and delving into cultures other than your own gives great perspective and forces you to think outside of your box. This is the very reason I encourage my students to study abroad when they reach college. You’ll meet people and have experiences that will always be treasured 🇮🇷🇬🇧🏴🇳🇴 🇫🇮
This is a beautiful work 💖 and so fashinating to watch and listen! Thank you so much, lots of love from Iceland.😘😘😘
Even the adults look like beautiful and wise children. Loved it!
Oh ya, if they are so wise why do they stay in Northern Norway hmmm?
@@fudgedogbannana Why? Because that's their home. You are a petulant child sir, grow up.
@@fudgedogbannana because their ancestors have lived there since the last Ice Age, and they like the solitude.
That's exactly it! I couldn't place my finger on why they all look so... unusual... They all kind of look like adult children. Not an insult by the way! I love their faces, super unique.
.....Tragically sad....you don't even realise how insulting that sounds, do you....bearded children? Really?.....maybe..if someone said that about your people, you would...
My DNA says 40% Scandinavian. Here I see similarities between these faces and my family. 🇳🇿🙏
They looks like Russians too!✊✊✊
Lovely hard working people.
@@user-ut8xv8ne6u Because the sami people are native to areas that stretch thru Norway,Sweden,Finland and Russia. They look slightly more "Asian" than ethnic Swedes or Norwegians imo.
@@F-Tier_Physique The Norwegians, Swedes, and Finns are just as native though. Many of their forefathers have been there for some 10 000 years. The Lapps/Sami actually came later.
@@herrbonk3635 no they didn't. That's why they're considered indigenous. I'm an American expat who used to live in Sweden. I'm also Native American, so while there I made many inquiries about them
Lovely, lovely. Fabulous music. Great work.
Beautiful work on these remarkable photographs! The people themselves are the most impressive...you can see their inner strength, power of will, beauty of spirit, and pride in life. Amazing human beings, indeed!
I love natives people in american continent,norway,sweden,australia,russia etc♥️
These amazing people have very strong facial features. Strikes me as they are resilient and able to weather any storm they encounter.
What a beautiful compilation of the Sami people and their knitted hats, scarves and mittens. They all have such piercing, beautiful, intelligent-looking eyes.
I would give anything to have one of those plaid scarves, hat and mittens!
Thank you for sharing!
Some much dignity and depth in their souls...stunning photography
*Wow, what a beautiful and intriguing culture! Beautiful*
I appreciate this type of video
What remarkable photographs! Excellent job on the coloration
I am thankful to TH-cam for being able to help spread all of these different cultures that deserve more recognition for their history
Couldn't agree more...
I don’t remember ever seeing people that look like these.
The man that is first on this set, that blonde man -is also present at 2:44 minutes , in the group, he is sitting at the bottom. His name was Johan Abrahamsen Motka.
Og kvinna som står rett bak ham i gruppa kommer også tilbake, ikke sant, rundt 4:11? Ho har Mona Lisas smil...
@@sigridrp Riktg, det er hun samme. Hun het Elen Marie Olsdatter Tornensis.
@@ColourYourPast Men så er det en middelaldrende eller eldre mann med et spebarn på fanget. Han er i zoom på ca 4:02 Han må jo ha nålevende slektninger - det er som om jeg kjenner ansiktet hans!
@@sigridrp Han het Eriksen, og bodde i Lille Lerresfjord, sidefjord til Altafjorden. Barnet har jeg også navnet på et sted.
He is still alive, his name now is Gregg Owens and he lives in Canada. I am just kidding, thanks for the information!
A culture and people I know little to nothing about but stunning and fascinating images. A picture does say a thousand words in the instance of this video. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful , strong people ♥️ wonderful job on the photos 👍👍
Their eyes tell a story about the harshness of life
Harsh elements but free people.
Agreed.
I'm good at drawing eyes
And I see eyes of the ancients
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@@BacKYarDsky yes this type of face is my favorite to draw. It seems like my soul wants to reach out and touch their soul by capturing the feelings spoken by their gaze. Truly stunning .
Beautiful people, they look like Heroes of the Arctic!!!!
Amazing, and a great choice of music too!
Haunting and beautiful music. I look at these faces and try and imagine the world they lived in. A very hard life. Thank you for showing these faces from the past. A good reminder of how the world has changed, not always for the better.
Found out I have DNA from northern Norway. Who new! Love the idea though, Didn’t know I have DNA from Wales, England, Scotland, and very little Irish. Easy to see by map the possible migration... love it again
I was raised to believe I'm Irish and English. Turns out I am mostly Scandinavian and Northern European. But the Vikings ruled Southeast England for centuries, so there's that....
I have lived in Sweden for 34 year, I saw them for the first time in a Eurovision song contest in Sweden, for 2 years ago, I feel so proud to have seen the indigenous people of Sweden , the Sami people wearing their national costumes 💗, I have been in the north of Sweden many time but never saw them before. I understand now why you see in Sweden so many beautiful girls,
Their genetics are recent in Scandinavia and its only a few people that are mixed
You have probobaly met, and you even know some Sami people, many many times you just don't know it. You can't see us, we are like anyone else, think about it.
@Edith Garcia I'm sorry but the sami are not indigenous to all of Sweden. It was snow and Ice up there. There was a late wave of mostly north asian men to the most northern part of phennoscandinavia, that affected the language and culture a lot.
@@lottalarsson4121 Yes I understand, They are the indigenous of the north of what is Sweden today . They were nomads.
@@edithgarcia6545 Sorry, why do you explain my history to me? I shared the new research with you.
Thank you that's wonderfully done.
Beautiful photographs. Wonderful colourization. It's important work and needs to be shown and seen. Great idea to post it here. I have Sami ancestors on my Mom's side. We look like some of the people in the pictures.
Their eyes are so striking. My grand father was Norwegian so I have a cultural interest and was not disappointed. Truly remarkable photography.
These are not typical Norwegians (only partly ethnically Norwegian), but they are a fascinating people.
Thank you for sharing these - it was fascinating. I wonder if Viggo Mortensen may have Sápmi ancestors? I was put in mind of his features when looking at some of the fellows in the photos.
Naah. If yo said Mads Mikkelsen, I would agree more.
@@ColourYourPast Yes, Mr Mikkelsen as well, it does seem very probable that at least one of his ancestors hails from Sápmi stock; Mr Mikkelsen and Mr Mortensen do have remarkably similar features.
Fantastic work. Thanks
W@W!!!! This was an EXCELLENT production!!!! Wished it were longer!! Thank You!!! :-)