Sápmi Pride is a pride festival with
Sápmi focus arranged annually since 2014.[1]
History
The festival, organised by
Queering Sápmi, took place for the first time in 2014 in
Kiruna, in
Lapland.[2] The festival, which went on for four days, featured a performance by Sápmi singer
Sofia Jannok, and a parade of 300 participants which traveled through the central city.[3] The following year, the festival took place in
Karasjok in Northern Norway.
Maxida Märak performed at the festival[4] and there were workshops with
Asta Balto and
Erland Elias. The fourth Sápmi pride took place in
Inari in Finland in 2017,[5] the first time the event had been held in Finnish Sápmi. The theme of the festival was generations and solidarity, and it featured discussions with journalist Martta Alajärvi, drama director
Pauliina Feodoroff. In 2018, Sápmi Pride took place in
Östersund in Sweden.