Cultural Committee

Cultural Committee works under the executive board of Sámi Parliament in Finland. The Committee prepares the proposals, initiatives, statements and comments concerning the Sámi cultural heritage for the Sámi Parliament. The Cultural Committee in also in charge of distributing the state Sámi cultural allowance and supervise the use of the money. Committee will report yearly to the Parliament about distribution of the allowance. It also makes new proposal for the amount of the Sámi cultural allowance in the state budjet.

  • The committees function under the Executive Board and take care of matters that concern their own field of activities. They make decisions on distributing and using the funds within their own field.
  • The chairs and vice-chairs must be actual members of the Sámi Parliament. In addition to the chair and vice chair, every committee has five other members and every member has their own personal deputy.
  • The committees must represent the linguistic and regional groups of the Finnish Sámi in the best possible manner, and they must be professionals in their own field. Appointments to the committees follow the working order of the Sami Parliament.

Members of the committee for the term 2024–2027:

Members

Anu Avaskari, president
Niko Valkeapää, vice president
Sisko Länsman
Anu Magga
Iisko-Matti Näkkäläjärvi
Inka Kangasniemi
Erkki Feodoroff

Deputies

Aune Musta
Kari Toivo Lukkari
Mika Aikio
Jukka Palonoja
Anne Jaurun
Anniliina Lassila
Mari Gauriloff

Tasks

The Cultural Secretery prepares the proposals and represents the Cultural Committee of Sámi Parliament.