Ságat is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja in Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.
Ságat was founded in Vadsø in 1957 [1] and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in Deatnu, Kárášjohka, Evenášši, Máttá-Várjjat, and Áltá, Norway. [2]
The editor since 1978 has been Geir Wulff. Since October 2008, the paper has published five days per week on weekdays. [3] Later it became a daily newspaper. [1]
Ságat had a circulation of 2,717 copies in 2007. [4] Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.
Ságat is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja in Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.
Ságat was founded in Vadsø in 1957 [1] and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still is based today. It maintains offices and reporters in Deatnu, Kárášjohka, Evenášši, Máttá-Várjjat, and Áltá, Norway. [2]
The editor since 1978 has been Geir Wulff. Since October 2008, the paper has published five days per week on weekdays. [3] Later it became a daily newspaper. [1]
Ságat had a circulation of 2,717 copies in 2007. [4] Although the original idea of the newspaper was that it should have articles written in both Sámi and Norwegian, today it uses Norwegian almost exclusively in its articles.