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Ájtte
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Also known as Ajtte, Svenskt fjäll- och samemuseum

thumb|Entrance of Ájtte thumb|Permanent exhibition on the life of Sami nomads thumb|Diorama thumb|A storage hut (ájtte in the Lule Sami language) in front of the museum Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (), is a cultural and natural history museum in Jokkmokk in Lapland, Sweden.

Research organization · ROR

Type
Archive
Founded
1995
Location
Jokkmokk, Sweden
Also known as
Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum
Status
Active

GRID grid.499683.9 · ISNI 0000 0001 1956 8366

Wikidata facts

Official website
www.ajtte.com
Image
Ajtte entré.JPG
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inception
1989-01-01
Commons gallery
Ájtte
Commons category
Ájtte
hashtag
Ajtte
street address
Kyrkogatan 3
terms of service URL
collections.ajtte.com/web
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thumb|Entrance of Ájtte thumb|Permanent exhibition on the life of Sami nomads thumb|Diorama thumb|A storage hut (ájtte in the Lule Sami language) in front of the museum Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (), is a cultural and natural history museum in Jokkmokk in Lapland, Sweden.

Ájtte is a museum, which specializes in the culture and nature of the mountainous area of Northern Sweden, and which is also the main museum and archive for the Sami culture of Sweden. Ájtte is also an information centre for tourism in Lapland. The word ájtte is a Lule Sami language one, meaning storage hut and referring to the museum as an archive for artifacts of the Sami cultural heritage.

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