These are some of the traditional Sami homes in Häggsjönäs, Jämtland, Sweden at the Njarka Sami Camp ( Njarka Sameläger ). The camp is run by the the Mattson family and is part of the Kall Sami community. It is Sweden’s smallest Sami community with 1,400 reindeer.

Here you can join the Sami people in their everyday activities and learn about their culture; their handicrafts and clothing, how they manage their reindeer and their way of life. You can try everything from lasso throwing to baking in the embers of the fire. In the video above you can see the interior of the home with a central fire while Maud talks (in Swedish) about the many different uses for birch bark. Sami are the indigenous people of Arctic Scandinavia who have their own culture, language and traditions. The region where Sami live is usually called Sápmi, sometimes Samiland. It stretches over Arctic Scandinavia and includes parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia.