By Olivier Reneau (text) and Éric Martin (photos) for Le Figaro Magazine .
After a stopover in Stockholm, it still takes an hour and a half flight before reaching Swedish Lapland. The city of Luleå, 100 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, is one of the main gateways to these still pristine northern territories. Long populated for the most part by the Samis, they opened up to the world at the beginning of the 20th century, first for the wealth of underground resources - iron ore - and then, more recently, to tourism which is found there. a total change of scenery just a few hours from European cities. Estimated at 30,000 individuals in Sweden, this last indigenous people in Europe continues, sometimes not without difficulty, to perpetuate a culture and traditions that punctuate their way of life and punctuate the local art of living. Welcome to Sápmi, the real name of the land of the Sami!
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