Muitalægje or Muittalægje čuvgetusa haliduvvidi sami gaskast[2] (Tales for Sámi hungry for education/culture) was the first Sámi-language newspaper, founded by the Northern Sámi-speaking Norwegian Christian Andreasen.
Sami Usteb was another religious monthly,[8] although a short-lived one, as only 57 issues were published by Norway's Lapp Mission [no].
The first issue dates back to 1899,[4] when two pastors, Jens Otterbech [no] and Gudbrand Tandberg,[9] decided to combine their efforts and write religious articles for the Sámi in their own mother tongue.
Otterbech left northern Norway in 1902, after which Tandberg continued to write on his own for a year until its last issue in 1903.
[10] It is, however, rather famous considering how short-lived it was due to the fact that it was the first place Isak Saba's The Song of the Sámi People was published on April 1, 1906.
Although neither of its first editors-in-chief, Paavo Ravila (1934–1943) and Erkki Itkonen (1934–1950), were Sámi, they were professors of Fenno-Ugric languages at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
In order to efficiently disseminate the new orthography, a new newspaper, Sámi Áigi, was established that year in Karasjok Municipality.
Sámi Áigi was, however, plagued by economic issues for the majority of its existence and it folded 10 years later when it finally went bankrupt.
On August 27, 2007,[15] Min Áigi and Áššu announced that they were merging in order to launch a new daily newspaper in Northern Sámi with a new editor-in-chief.
Gába is a bilingual Sámi magazine that was published for the first time on International Women's Day (March 8) in 1996.
In 1987, a year after its founding,[17] the Inari Sámi Language Association started publishing a monthly bulletin called Anáraš.
[11] It includes various types of literature, from poetry to children's stories and as such serves as a general publication for the Inari Sámi community.
It was published four times a year, with its first issue being printed in Finland in 1978 by editor-in-chief Satu Mosnikoff and several reporters and assistants.
Additionally, the newspaper Snåsningen (from Snåsa Municipality) carries a few articles in Southern Sámi each month.
In 1904, the first and short-lived Swedish-language magazine, Lapparnes Egen Tidning (The Lapps' Own Newspaper), pertaining to the Sámi was established.
Samefolkets Egen Tidning (The Sámi Peoples' Own Newspaper) was established by Torkel Tomasson, who served as editor-in-chief until his death in 1940.
Mortenson served as editor-in-chief until his death in 1924,[24] at which point in time his son Lars Danielsen succeeded him in this post.