Nuorttanaste
periodical literature
Nuorttanaste is a Northern Sámi religious publication based in Norway. It has published continuously since 1898, making it the longest running Sámi publication still being published.
History
Nuorttanaste (modern Northern Sámi spelling Nuorttanásti), which means "The Eastern Star," was founded by "sled preacher" Gustav Lund, a travelling pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway who sought to evangelize Sámi in part by using their native tongue. In 1898, he founded Nuorttanaste in Finnmark, and the paper soon began publishing news articles and letters from readers alongside its religious content. The reporters and correspondents balanced the publisher's desire for religious content with readers' desire to receive news in their native language.
The first issue of Nuorttanaste was printed by Lund using a portable printing press. As the paper grew, it established formal offices in Sigerfjord. Over the years it moved several times before setting up its first permanent printing press was in Gáivuotna Municipality. The press alternated between Gáivuotna and Oslo for several years before setting up offices in Vuonnabahta in 1960. In 1992, the paper's headquarters moved to Kárášjohka.
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