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Saami People The Sami people (also Sámi or Saami, traditionally known in English as Lapps or Laplanders) Their traditional languages are the Sami languages Since prehistoric times,[20][21] the Sami people of Arctic Europe have lived and worked in an area that stretches over the northern parts of the regions now known as Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Kola Peninsula. The Sami have been recognized as an indigenous people in Norway In Sweden and Norway, Sami are primarily Lutheran, in Finland and Russia they are orthodox Christians. According to the Swedish Sami Parliament, the Sami population of Sweden is about 20,000. According to the 2002 census, the Sami population of Russia was 1,991. According to the Finnish Population Registry Center and the Finnish Sami Parliament, the Sami population living in Finland was 7,371 in 2003. According to the Norwegian Sami Parliament, the Sami population of Norway is 40,000.