Gustav Fridtjof Lund (18 April 1862 – 26 February 1912) was a Norwegian Sámi travelling preacher, known as the "sled preacher".[1] In 1898, he became the first editor-in-chief of the Nuorttanaste Christian newspaper, which is currently the longest-running Northern Sámi-language publication in the world.
Gustav Fridtjof Lund | |
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 Gustav and his wife, Hansine Lund | |
| Born | 18 April 1862 Talvik, Alta, Norway |
| Died | 26 February 1912 (aged 49) Sigerfjord, Sortland, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Sled Preacher, Journalist |
| Known for | Editor of Nuorttanaste newspaper |
Early life
editLund was born in the village of Talvik in Alten-Talvig Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway, to a Kven-speaking family. His parents died when he was young and he was raised by his grandparents until he was sent at age seven to live with a foster family in the village of Korsfjord where Northern Sámi was spoken. He attended a folk high school in Alta with the hope of eventually becoming a teacher, but he lacked the money for further education. He apprenticed as a carpenter in Vardø before moving to Bodø to take up fishing. Lund met Hansine Pettersen from Gildeskål Municipality there and they married in 1888.[2]
Sled preacher
editAfter the birth of his son, Ferdinand, in 1889, Lund became more active in the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway, working with the Bodø preacher Ole A. Schulstad to translate hymns and other material into Northern Sámi. In 1892, the Free Church established a group to evangelize among the Sámi, and Lund was made a travelling preacher due, in part, to his knowledge of both Northern Sámi and Kven.[2] He was called the "sled preacher" (gielkábáhppan in Northern Sámi) because he used a toboggan to carry devotional books and treaties on his travels.[3]
Lund felt that written material was an important way to connect with people across Sápmi so he founded the newspaper Nuorttanaste, originally using a hand press to print issues. In 1902, he acquired a larger printing press and installed it in his home in Sigerfjord, where it remained in use until his death in 1912.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Historjá" [History] (in Northern Sami). Kárášjohka, Norway: Nuorttanaste. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b Tveiterås, Olav (2009). "Gustav Fritjof Lund og bladet Nuorttanaste: Frikirkekristendom på samisk" [Gustav Fritjof Lund and the Nuorttanaste Newspaper: Free Church Christianity in Sámi]. In Persson, Anders; Lindmark, Daniel (eds.). Från Sara Greta till Lilla svarta Sara: Väckelsen i litteraturen och väckelsens litteratur [From Sara Greta to Little Black Sara: The revival of literature and revival literature] (in Norwegian). Skellefteå, Sweden: Artos & Norma Bokförlag. pp. 279–309. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Bures Boahtin" [Welcome] (in Northern Sami). Kárášjohka, Norway: Nuorttanaste. 2005. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ Solbakk, Aage. "Sámi mediahistorjá" [Sámi Media History] (in Northern Sami). Kárášjohka, Norway: ČálliidLágádus. Retrieved 28 April 2020.