Edel Hætta Eriksen (17 October 1921 – 13 August 2023) was a Norwegian politician and Northern Saami schoolteacher.[1][2]
Edel Hætta Eriksen | |
|---|---|
 Hætta Eriksen (right) in 1956 | |
| Saami Council | |
| In office 1956–1963 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1921 Guovdageainnu Municipality, Norway |
| Died | 13 August 2023 (aged 101) |
| Occupation | Teacher, politician |
| Awards | Order of St. Olav |
Biography
editEdel 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, 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
edit- Låkkangirj'ji sámi-ja dárogillii (2 volumes 1965/1970)
- Muitalusat ja dáhpáhusat Guovdageainnus (4 volumes 1991–1997)
References
edit- ^ a b "Guovdageaidnulaš Edel Hætta Eriksen lea vádjolan". NRK Sápmi (in Northern Sami). NRK. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Hirsti, Reidar. "Edel Hætta Eriksen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ a b Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Edel Hætta Eriksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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