#borders etc. are a bit irrelevant here - especially since the Sami were a nomadic people and also exist in Sweden and Finland

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today is sami national day! (february 6th) 🤍

Had another ask about Norway and the Sami languages too, but I cannot find it

It is the national Sapmi day! Lahkoe Biejjine!

I do think Norway and Sapmi would be separate countries much in the same way Norway and Sweden are. During the Viking Age, they definitely co-existed in some of the same areas, but what is the very north of Norway today was not included in the country of Norway during this period of time - mostly only inhabited by Sami people. Norway was considered its own country from 871, so at the beginning of the Viking age. The Sami people were also a nomadic people, so borders are a bit difficult to pin down regardless.

In Hetalia we see borders change all the time, i.e. Baltics living with Russia during the Soviet Union, and I do think Sapmi today very much reach all the requirements to be considered its own entity in Hetalia. I prefer Sapmi as their own nation and character in Hetalia, because I think that would be very beneficial to showing off the culture better. Though Sami people (in Norway) are of course no less Norwegian because of it.

In regards to the missing ask about Norway speaking any of the Sami languages, I think most likely he would not? He probably knows a few phrases or sentences in Nordsamisk, but not enough to hold a conversation or understand much.

Suggest having a look at @saltlakris 's design for Sapmi ✨ they also most likely have a better understanding of this than me 😅