Ellinor Jåma

Jåma has a background in teaching, graduating in psychology, with a master's degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

She was elected twice to the Sami Parliament of Norway, serving consecutive terms between 2009-2013 and 2013-2017.

[1][2] In June 2014, Jåma was elected leader of the Reindeer Herders Association of Norway (Norske Reindriftssamers Landsforbund).

[4] Interviewed on Norwegian television, Jåma explained how important it was for her to revive the Sami culture.

In this connection, Jåma had taken things into her own hands, producing the first ever children's television programme in the Southern Sami language.