It is Sameradion that reports on the ruling in the Court of Appeal in Tromsö.
Saarivuoma has its winter pastures near Övre Soppero in Kiruna municipality, but to a large extent has summer pastures on the Norwegian side of the border.
The conflict over the cross-border reindeer grazing has been going on for a long time and in 2017 Saarivuoma sued the Norwegian state to be allowed to use an area in Troms county alone. In winter, the area is leased to reindeer herders from the Norwegian side, which according to Saarivuoma damages summer work.
In the trials, Saarivuoma has tried to prove the urmines' claim, that is, that the area has been used for centuries and that the area is crucial for the Sami village's reindeer husbandry.
Saarivuoma lost in the first instance in 2018 and the court of appeal went according to the verdict that came on Wednesday on the same line. The court considers that the areas determined in the reindeer grazing convention from 1972 shall apply.
The ruling also means that Saarivuoma Sami village will bear its share of the legal costs. How much money it is about is not known.