#fosen

[saamiriikka]

October 11, 2023 : gather at Mihkkal Hætta’s lavvu outside Norwegian parliament to protest the Fosen human rights violations in Norway.

#sápmi #sámi #sámi politics #sámi people #colonialism #green colonialism #norway #fosen

[knopperbrister]

It has been more than 500 days since the Norwegian Supreme Court declared the wind turbines on Fosen illegal and in violation of Sami rights. Yet they're still there, and the minister for oil and energy says they "need time to assess what should be done".

Yet when someone called a painting colonialist last week, there was a whole outrage, because "compared to other European countries Norway does not have a history of colonialism".

We need a hard reset of our self-conception.

And the wind turbines need to go.

Baajh vaeride årrodh.

#fosen #BaajhVaerideÅrrodh #norway #colonialism

[prisonhannibal]

lite overraskende men jeg hater dette

#txt #fosen

[moodboardmix]

Pavilion Brekstad, Fosen, Norway,

Fosen is a beautiful peninsula with a remarkable landscape meeting the Norwegian Sea in the west and the Trondheimsfjord in the east. The pavilion's program is dynamic and is designed to be used for private and social events, lectures, and customer visits associated with the farm nearby. The plan is open and flexible so it refurnishing easily can adjust to different occasions.

ASAS arkitektur

#art #design #Architecture #pavillon #fosen #norway #glass #asas arkitektur #bunker #renovation #restauration #brekstad #minimalism #countryside #landscape #nature #multipurpose

[oodlenoodleroodle]

The norwegian government should pay every single krone that the Fosen windmills have generated in electricity sales to the Sami in the area of Fosen.

I want to specify: not just the profits, but every last single krone. None of the money generated by the windmills should go to the operation costs, but the government needs to pay the operation costs themselves.

This should continue as long as the government knocks the windmills down as they should have done over 500 days ago when the courts ruled that the windmills are illegal.

It's a ridiculous idea that Norway can continue making money with windmills that are criminal. Like you cannot keep money you have acquired from crimes, that is a basic part of the justice system.

#fosen #csv #sami #sapmi #norway #indigenous rights

[aintquiteright]

End of the World by sunvemetal

#IFTTT #500px #hiddenplaces #iceland #hiking #water #endoftheworld #stunning #sight #print #fosen #waterfall #s

[henrik-multicopter]

#skyporn #clouds #cloudporn #nature #wideangle #wideanglelens #nikonphotography #wideanglephotography #landofthevikings #grindafjellet #karmøy #fosen #bokn #norwegiannature #norway #norway🇳🇴 #outsideisfree #getoutside #myphotography #photooftheday (ved Karmøy) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChMEBn-jKp3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#skyporn #clouds #cloudporn #nature #wideangle #wideanglelens #nikonphotography #wideanglephotography #landofthevikings #grindafjellet #karmøy #fosen #bokn #norwegiannature #norway #norway🇳🇴 #outsideisfree #getoutside #myphotography #photooftheday

[thesinglesock]

Concert and Fundraiser in support of the Fosen Activists

the Indeginous music festival Riddu Riđđu is hosting a concert featuring several Sámi bands and musicians tonight (3. march 2023) at 7pm CET. Admission is free and the concert will be available to stream online.

Anyone attending is encouraged to donate to Natur og Ungdom's fund for the Fosen-protestors, which will cover their legal fees, travel expenses, food, equipment, etc.

Support the fundraiser here

Watch the online concert here

#sámi #saami #indigenous rights #fosen #land back #norway #sápmi #I struggled to find these links so I'm putting them here #please support the cause if you can and please come watch the concert with us =) #I sure hope these links work outside of norway please let me know if they don't

[kreuzfahrttester]

"MV Werften" Stralsund sollen wieder Expeditionskreuzfahrtschiffe bauen?

“MV Werften” Stralsund sollen wieder Expeditionskreuzfahrtschiffe bauen?

MV Werft Stralsund – soll wieder Schiffe bauen! Crystal Endeavor Umbau aber schon anderweitig vergeben! Natürlich nicht mehr als MV Werften, sondern unter dem Namen Fosen Yard. Das norwegische Unternehmen will Schwesterschiffe der Crystal Endeavor bauen. Der erste Auftrag sollte der Umbau der bereits ausgelieferten Crystal Endeavor sein, bzw. die Anpassung an die neue Marke Silversea Cruises. Da…

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#Crystal Endeavor #Expeditionskreuzfahrtschiffe #Fosen Yard #kreuzfahrt news #mv werften #nachrichten Kreuzfahrt #news #stralsund

[saamiriikka]

#saami #sámi #sámi politics #sápmi #sámi people #fosen #norway #samisk #green colonialism

[zvaigzdelasas]

On October 11, 2021, Norway's Supreme Court found that two wind farms in the Fosen region of western Norway -- on land used by Sami reindeer herders -- violated the rights of the indigenous people to practise their culture of reindeer husbandry.

Two years later, the 151 turbines are still operating.

In its ruling, the court found that the expropriation and operating permits for the construction of the turbines were invalid. However, it gave no guidance on what should be done with the turbines, which were already in operation.[...]

On Wednesday, hundreds of activists, some dressed in traditional Sami clothing, blocked the main Oslo thoroughfare where they erected a laavu, a Sami tent.[...]

Some 20 others also made their way into the nearby parliament building and occupied a hall, where they sang traditional Sami chants called "joik".

11 Oct 23

[prisonhannibal]

Sámi artist Mari Boine joiking the village Máze.

[ID: 1: Sámi activists in gáktis (traditional clothing) holding a banner that says “we came here first” in norwegian. A banner in the background says “we will NOT move”. 2: sámi man in gákti standing with his fist raised in front of big stones that have the word “let the river live” painted on them]

Joik is a type of traditional sámi singing that’s meant to evoke/express a person, animal or place through rhythm, sounds and energy. You don’t joik about someone, you joik them. Joik is mostly sounds, and often have no lyrics or short lyrics. “Máze” has lyrics calling Máze beautiful and saying “Under water they would put Máze church, Máze school”, which is referring to the Alta conflict in the 1970s and 80s.

Máze is a small village on the norwegian side of the borders in Sápmi. Around 98% of the population is sámi. In the late 1960s, the Norwegian government announced plans to build a hydroelectric power plant and dam in the Alta river, which would have huge consequences for sámi reindeer herding and fishing in the area, preventing sámi people from continuing to practice their traditional way of life. The earlier plans for the dam would have put Máze under water, displacing all the people living there and destroying a village that has existed for hundreds of years. After resistance from sámi activists, the plans were altered in 1973 so that Máze would survive.

Sámi people fought against the construction of the power plant for years, with protests, peaceful civil disobedience (like chaining themselves and creating blockades around the site), and a hunger strike where they slept in lávvus in front of the norwegian parliament in 1979, and a second hunger strike in 1981. 10% of the norwegian police force was sent to the construction area and there was talk of sending the military to assist the police, but this was stopped by the minister of defense at the time. several hundreds of people were removed by force from protests and arrested.

The Alta hydroelectric power plant was finished in 1987 and is still in operation. This is one of the most famous examples of Norway’s green colonialism in Sápmi, but it’s also one of the biggest examples of Sámi spirit and resistance. Máze continues to exist, more than 50 years later. Sámi people are still here and we’re still fighting for our right to continue our traditional lifestyles and culture, for example with the large civil disobedience actions in 2023 over the Fosen case.

Čájet Sámi Vuoiŋŋa! show sámi spirit! ❤️💚💛💙

#Spotify #sámi history #alta conflict #indigenous history #sami #sámi #txt

[beardedmrbean]

The wind farm fought against by Greta Thunberg will keep operating with compensation paid to Sami reindeer herders.

Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer.

Under the agreement, the partially state-owned farm's 151 turbines stay in operation. Energy Minister Terje Aasland said the deal includes "a future-oriented solution that safeguards the reindeer farming rights."

The agreement also has compensation for the Sami - including a share of energy produced - along with a new area for winter grazing and a grant of 5 million kroner (€439,000) for strengthening Sami culture.

'The violation of human rights has been brought to an end'

The speaker of the 39-seat Sami Parliament, Silje Karine Mutoka, said "there is reason to believe that the violation of human rights has been brought to an end, and that the agreement lays a foundation for the violation of human rights to be repaired."

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said "the state must learn from this case and ensure that violations do not happen again. It’s about better dialogue."

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In October 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the turbines' construction violated the rights of the Sami, who have used the land for reindeer for centuries.

Since the ruling, Sami activists have demonstrated repeatedly against the wind farm’s continued operation and said a transition to green energy shouldn’t come at the expense of the rights of Indigenous people.

Greta Thunberg joined protests against the wind turbines

The protests drew support from Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was carried away during a demonstration outside the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, in Oslo, on 1 March 2023. 

In June, Sami activists protested outside Gahr Støre’s office. They occupied the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for four days in February and later blocked the entrances to 10 ministries.

Further protests in October saw activists wearing traditional Sami outfits sit outside the entrance of Statkraft, a state-owned company that operates 80 of the wind turbines.

The farm is located in central Norway’s Fosen district about 450 kilometres north of the capital, Oslo.

#nunyas news #gretel is against them #may need to rethink my position on wind turbines now #kidding

[oodlenoodleroodle]

Allekirjoittakaa jos olette yli 18 v, kiitos. Jätä puh.nro pois jos et halua soittoja Amnestyn feissareilta.

#fosen #amnesty #csv

[baeddel]

Statement Issued by the Plenary Meeting of the Saami Council in Arjeplog, October 14, 2023.

It has been over two years since the Supreme Court of Norway concluded in a grand chamber that the wind power plants on Storheia and Roan violate the human rights of the Fosen Sámi according to article 27 of the UN Convention on Civil and Political Rights. Our land and sea areas are the foundation of Sámi culture. Intrusions in the natural basis for Sámis will therefore threaten the survival of Sámi culture.

On October 11 2023, human rights activists have once again gathered in the streets of Oslo, where they have conducted several actions against the Norwegian state and the state-owned energy company Statkraft in protest of the ongoing human rights violation in Fosen. The actions have led to the Norwegian government acknowledging that the human rights violation is ongoing and has apologized for it. However, neither the government nor the wind industry itself has halted the human rights violation.

The Saami Council supports our youth's actions and everyone who has joined them to defend the human rights of the Sámi in Fovsen-Njaarke. We demand that the Norwegian government respects the Supreme Court's decision and the rule of law, and that the government takes immediate steps to halt the human rights violation.

[warningsine]

In October 11 2021, the Supreme Court of Norway ruled that Norway violated the rights of the Sámi people by permitting the construction of wind farms in Fovsen Njaarke, the Storheia wind farm and the Roan wind farm.

At the time of the ruling, the wind turbines had already been put into operation. The Norwegian government had previously granted the licence and the operators had built the wind power plant, although the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination had urged them to stop construction in 2018 and the Saami council had warned that the of the power plant would have detrimental effects on the Sami reindeer herding communities. The reindeer herders argued the sight and sound of wind turbines frighten animals grazing nearby and thus jeopardise age-old traditions, and that land should not be expropriated for such projects.

In the unanimous decision, the court argued that making it impossible or extremely difficult for the Sámi to live their traditional life as reindeer herders is a violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 27 of which stipulates comprehensive protection of the culture of ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. The violation could also not be justified with reference to the green energy transition: Wind turbines should be built where they do not violate the rights of indigenous peoples. Thus, the license decisions were found to be invalid. The court did not say what should happen next to the farms and the owners are still operating them.

Sámi activists and climate activists continue to protest against the wind turbines. In February 2023, they blocked the entrances to Norway's energy ministry and in May 2023, 600 days after the courts decision, activists held protests in Oslo.

Roan Vind stated that they trusted that the ministry will find good solutions allowing them to continue the production of renewable energy while maintaining the rights of the reindeer owners. Fosen Vind stated that "the ministry is working on which precautionary measures are needed to sustain reindeer herding and its cultural practice."

We invited the owners of the wind farms to respond to an article reporting on the protests. Aneo, BKW, Energy Infrastructure Partners, Stadtwerke München and Statkraft responded.

#Sámi #norway