Sámi

Until the middle of the 20th century, Sámi were called "lappar" and this is the term used in older sources.

Judicial

• Kommitterade för den inhemska lappfrågans behandling, remisskrivelser 1882–1883
• Lappkodicillen från 1751
  Lappkodicillen 1751 is an addition to the border treaty between Norway and Sweden which regulates the Sami's rights to move freely across the Swedish–Norwegian border and other rights. It is located in the archive of the Royal Chancellery "Kungliga Majestäts kansli".
• Lappkommittén
• Renbetesfrågan 1909, skiljedomstolen Arbitration court regarding the reindeer's pastures in 1909.

Court books and kronofogdar

Court books and kronofogdearkiv in Lappmarken for the period up to around 1750. At that time, the term "Lappmarken" referred to the area dominated by more or less nomadic Sami. After the middle of the 18th century, Lappmarken referred to the regions of Lapland in Sweden and Finland.

From 1638, there was a single district court in Lappmarken under the chief justice of Västerbotten with Lapland. In that year it was divided into the Northern and Southern contracts. The North included Torne and Kemi Lapland and the south Umeå, Piteå and Luleå Lapland. At the same time, a special judge, Justitiarius, was appointed for the entire Lapland. There were two häradshövdingar who presumably had some authority over the Lapland belonging to their respective jurisdictions. In the absence of a häradshövding could kronofogden carry out his duties.

• Västerbottens lappmarkers domböcker (Lappmarkens justitiarius arkiv), 1689–1715 Court books from Lapland of Västerbotten, 1689–1715.
• Västerbottens södra lappmarks domböcker (Södra lappmarkens justitiarius arkiv), 1721–1729 Court books from the southern Lapland of Västerbotten, 1721–1729.
• Kronofogdens i södra lappmarkens fögderi arkiv, 1673–1841 The archives of Kronofogden in the southern Lapland, 1673–1841.
• Kronofogdens i Torneå fögderi arkiv, uppbördsböcker, 1734–1750 The archives of Kronofogden in Torneå, collection books, 1734–1750.

Cabinet meeting files 1840–1920

Legal cases that have been dealt with at a local level and that were particularly controversial have often been appealed to higher courts and can be found in the Cabinet meeting files. Cases concerning the Sámi people can often be found here. All the documents in a case are collected in the files. In the database Cabinet meeting files 1840–1920 you can search files from seven different ministries. To find the Sámi cases, type *lapp* in the search box. You will then find all files where the word appears. The word "Lapp" was used instead of Sámi until the middle of the 20th century.

The Cabinet meeting files have been registered to simplify the search. The files themselves are not digital, but you can order copies of them.

Accounts

• Landskapshandlingar Norrlands lappmarker, 1554–1620 Landskapshandlingar is the name of the bailiffs' accounts from 1539–1630 preserved in the Chamber Archives in the National Archives.

Sámi church books

In Jämtland and Kopparberg counties unterritorial parishes for the Sámi existed until 1942, called lappförsamlingar. In the counties of Västerbotten and Norrbotten, the Sámi were integrated in the ordinary parishes.

• Frostviken lappförsamling
• Föllinge lappförsamling
• Hotagen lappförsamling
• Tännäs lappförsamlings arkiv
• Undersåkers lappförsamling

Domkapitel and ecklesiastikverk

• Direktionen över Lappmarkens ecklesiastikverk, 1723–1858 The Directorate of the Lapland Ecclesiastical Administration, 1723-1858
• Domkapitlets i Härnösand arkiv
  • Lappmarkshandlingar, kronologisk serie
  • Visitationshandlingar Jämtland och Härjedalens lappmarker
  • Visitationshandlingar Västerbottens och Norrbottens läns lappmarker

Lappfogdar, Länsstyrelser and Jägmästare

Lappfogden were established in the 19th centrury as a part of Länsstyrelsen – the County administration. The role of Lappfogden was to administrate the reindeer grazing lands according to the law of 1886, supervise the care for the reindeers and establish a good relationship between the residents and the Sámi. Lappfogden as an institution came to an end the 30th of June 1971 when the role became an integrated part of Lantbruksnämnderna.

• Lappfogden i Jämtlands län Lappfogden in Jämtland County.
• Lappfogdens i Norrbottens norra distrikt arkiv Lappfogden's archive in the northern district of Norrbotten County.
• Lappfogdens i Norrbottens södra distrikt arkiv Lappfogden's archive in the southern district of Norrbotten County.
• Lappfogdens i Norrbottens östra distrikt arkiv Lappfogden's archive in the eastern district of Norrbotten County.
• Lappfogden i Västerbottens län Lappfogden in Västerbotten County.
• Norrbottens läns landskanslis arkiv
  • Brevkoncept i lappärenden, 1923–1942
  • Lappdiarium, 1923–1931
  • Lappärenden, 1923–1928
• Jägmästarens i Renbetesfjällens revir arkiv The archive is part of the Domänverkets regionkontor in Jämtland County.

Collections

• Samemissionär Ernst Landers arkiv Diary.
• Länsmannen Lorenz Buchts, Kautokeino, och hustrun Johanna Buchts brevsamling Collection of letters. The archive consists mainly of letters written by Lorenz Bucht to his wife Johanna Bucht.
• B. Erwest, Descriptio lapponica kiemensis
• O. P. Njurenius. Lapponica sive descriptio jämte andra relationer om Lappland
• Wiklund, K. B. Kopiesamlingen I (före detta Avskriftssamlingen). Transcripts concerning lappskatteland.
  • Volume 519
  • Volume 520
  • Volume 521
  • Volume 522
  • Volume 523
  • Volume 524
  • Volume 525
  • Volume 526

Sámi language

• Tacksägelsesanteckningar på samiska i bild 111 från Silbojokks kyrkoarkiv, födelse- och dopböcker. Thanksgiving notes in Sámi in image 111 from Silbojokk church archives, birth and baptism books.
• Predikningar på samiska i bilderna 108–115 från C.L Tellströms samling. Sermons in Sámi in images 108–115 from the C.L Tellström collection.

Maps

• En mängd kartor och ritningar över lappmarken
• Karta öfver norra Sverige utvisande lapparnas skattefjäll, flyttningsvägar m.m. 1883 Tillhör arkivet efter Kommitterade för den inhemska lappfrågans behandling 1883.
• Charta öfwer Wästerbottns Höfdingedöme och dertil hörande Lappmarker, 1743
• Karta över de jämtländska lapparnas huvudsakliga betesområden
• Karta över Kemi, Simo och Torne älvar från 1642. Kopia 1764.
• Vilhelminalapparnas och lapparnas i Frostvikens norra lappby renbetesområden
• Domänverkets kartsamling över revir och kronoparker Map collection.