Cultural Award
The Sámi Parliament’s Cultural Committee awards cultural prizes to honour those who strengthen the Sámi language and culture and promote the vitality of traditional livelihoods.
The Sámi Parliament’s Cultural Committee can award a cultural prize each year from the Sámi cultural fund allocated in the State budget, which is intended to be used to promote Sámi art and culture.
The cultural prize is awarded without application, and its purpose is to honour a cultural practitioner or artist in recognition of significant work for Sámi cultural life.
Cultural prizes awarded by the Cultural Committee in 1997–2023
2023 Craftsperson, Marja-Liisa Laiti, Inarijoki, Inari
2023 Journalist, language advocate Anja Kaarret, Partakko, Inari
2023 Craftsperson, Marja Näkkälä, Näkkälä, Enontekiö
2020 Musician, Jaakko Gauriloff, Rovaniemi
2019 Visual artist, Antti Oula Juuso, Karesuvanto, Enontekiö
2019 Inka Marja Hetta, Vuotso, Sodankylä
2012 Actor, Erkki Hetta, Vuotso, Sodankylä
2009 SomBy band, Vuotso, Sodankylä
2009 Helena Valkeapää and Anni-Marja Valkeapää, Enontekiö
2006 Domna Tyyne Fofanoff
2003 Inari Sámi cultural worker, Vuoli Ilmar, Ilmari Mattus, Inari
2000 Visual artist Merja Aletta Ranttila, Inari
1997 Author, Kirsti Paltto, Utsjoki
