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Edel Hætta Eriksen

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Edel Hætta Eriksen
Hætta Eriksen (right) in 1956
Saami Council
In office
1956–1963
Personal details
Born(1921-10-17)17 October 1921
Guovdageainnu Municipality, Norway
Died13 August 2023(2023-08-13) (aged 101)
OccupationTeacher, politician
AwardsOrder of St. Olav

Edel Hætta Eriksen (17 October 1921 – 13 August 2023) was a Norwegian politician and Northern Saami schoolteacher.[1][2]

Biography

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Edel Hætta Eriksen was born in Guovdageainnu Municipality on 17 October 1921, to Klemet Klemetsen Hætta and midwife Berit Karen Olsdatter Erke. In 1949, she married Hagbart Andor Eriksen.[3] She graduated from teaching schools in Nesna and Tromsø, specializing in duodji and Saami, and went on to work as a schoolteacher in Kautokeino from 1949 to 1969, and as headmaster from 1969 to 1977.[4]

Hætta Eriksen served as the first director of Samisk utdanningsråd [no], from 1977 to 1989. She was a board member of the Norwegian Sami Association from 1968 to 1975, a member of the Saami Council from 1956 to 1963 and from 1974 to 1977, and a member of the Arts Council Norway. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1988.[3][4]

Edel Hætta Eriksen died on 13 August 2023, at the age of 101.[1]

Selected works

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  • Låkkangirj'ji sámi-ja dárogillii (2 volumes 1965/1970)
  • Muitalusat ja dáhpáhusat Guovdageainnus (4 volumes 1991–1997)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Guovdageaidnulaš Edel Hætta Eriksen lea vádjolan". NRK Sápmi (in Northern Sami). NRK. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Edel Hætta Eriksen er død". NRK Sápmi (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023. Den samiske språk- og kulturforkjemperen Edel Hætta Eriksen har gått bort. Hun ble 101 år.
  3. ^ a b Hirsti, Reidar. "Edel Hætta Eriksen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Edel Hætta Eriksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 February 2017.