Skolt of the Year Award

The Skolt of the Year Award (Skolt Sami: Eeʹjj säʹmmlaž -cistt, Finnish: Vuoden koltta -palkinto) is an annual award founded in 2007.

It is awarded to people, groups, organizations, and institutions individually or collectively in recognition of their outstanding linguistic and cultural contributions for the good of the Skolt community.

In spite of its name, it is not a requirement that the recipient be a Skolt.

The award is administered and voted on by the Skolt Sámi Language and Culture Association Saaʹmi Nueʹtt and the Skolt community council.

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The archive of the Skolt Sámi village of Suõʹnnjel that the National Archives of Finland and the Finnish Sámi Archives nominated for inclusion in UNESCO ’s Memory of the World Register for which they won the Skolt of the Year Award in 2015. The document is a replica; the case is the original case.