Despite the importance of sport to society as a whole and to different minority groups, the role of sport in forming ethnic identities in the Nordic countries have not been thoroughly examined by academics. The historically diverse communities of orthern Norway, consisting of Kveens, Sámi and Norwegians has fostered great athletes. Skiers Per Olsen and Bjørn Wirkola from Alta are two of them who ...

The annual staging of a role play for school pupils called “La elva leve” (‘Let the River Live’) at Alta museum addresses the conflict over the building of a hydroelectric power plant in the Alta-Kautokeino watercourse between 1978-82. The confrontation has an important legacy, not least by bringing the issue of Sámi Indigenous rights into the national limelight. This article discusses how the ...

The last few years have seen the introduction of technology in Norwegian classrooms without much research data on how this affects learning. This article discusses whether the introduction of iPads in a Norwegian classroom influences how history is taught and what the pupils learn. One could imagine that when iPads with its learning applications and unlimited access to the internet replaces textbooks ...