15 minutes from Sápmi is usually broadcast in Northern Sami mixed with Swedish. On Saturday, it will be something completely different when the host suddenly speaks Lule Sami – which is only spoken by around 800 people in the world.
"It's fun to work with languages and extra fun to strengthen Lule Sami by hearing it on TV. I look forward to next week, when we will record two more programs, says host Elina Israelsson.
"Feels fun and big"
SVT Sápmi's editorial director Marja Påve is proud that they can now offer 15 minutes from Sápmi in Lule Sami.
– We have a big job to offer content in all Sami languages and that we can now offer a program in Lule Sami feels very fun and big, both for SVT but also for the Lule Sami audience, says Pope.
The content of the programme will not change, but there will continue to be current issues that concern the whole of Sápmi in the programme. Something the new host is looking forward to.
– It will be fun to also raise your own ideas, says Elina Israelsson.
The theme of the programme is the UN Permanent Forum
This week's episode is about the UN Permanent Forum, which held its 22nd session in New York in April. The theme for this year was indigenous peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change.
"We want to draw attention to what is happening in Sápmi with the entire green transition. It is important to show that Sweden is not the world's best country when it comes to indigenous issues, says Sara-Elvira Kuhmunen, chair of Sáminuorra.