Samiska kvinnors levnadsvillkor i kulturen och rennäringen
Previous research often includes juridical, political, economical and historical aspects of the Sami population. The research about the Sami women are limited therefore is was important to investigate the living conditions of the Sami women. The purpose with the study was to investigate the living conditions of the Sami women from a culture- and reindeer-herding view in relation to social gender and the majority society. Four individual interviews were performed with women who worked with reindeer-herding in the Sapmi area in north of Sweden. The interview guide was semi-structured and the data were analysed with the phenomenological method Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, which has a focus on subjective experiences. The results revealed that participants try to create a norm of practising reindeer-herding, in spite of the male norm and less physical strength. They experience that job sharing between genders has changed over time. The majority society was experienced as threatening due to diffused intentions for reindeerherding.