Student stories

Students from different countries around the world have conducted studies at different levels at Sámi University of Applied Sciences(SUAS) throughout the years.

Here you can read some of their stories about their stay at SUAS in Kautokeino.

  Luke Laframboise's story (Click here to read) 

Luke is from Canada, and came to study Northern Sámi at SUAS in 2022 during his Ph.D. studies at Umeå University in Sweden.

 Sardaana Nogovitsyna's story (Click here to read)

 Sardaana is from Russia, and came to SUAS in 2021 on exchange to study Northern Sámi during her master studies at Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts in Russia.

Lilliani Tahaafe-Williams' story ( Click her to read) 

Lilliani is from Australia, and came to study Northern Sámi and conduct some of her fieldwork at SUAS in 2022 during her Ph.D studies at Charles Darwin University in Australia.

 Sofiya Fedotova's story (Click here to read) 

Sofiya is from Russia, and came to SUAS in 2021 on exchange to study Northern Sámi during her master studies at Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts in Russia.

 Varpu Lotvonen's story (Click here to read) 

Varpu is from Finland, and came to SUAS in 2022 as a part of her PhD research during her studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. 

Inga Hansen's story (Click here to read)

Inga is from Greenland, and studied Master of Indigenous Journalism at SUAS, which she finished in 2020.