Isak Saba

Isak Mikal Saba (15 November 1875 – 1 June 1921)^[1][2][3] was a Norwegian Sámi teacher and politician.^[4] He was born in 1875 in Nesseby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway to Per Sabasen and Bigi Henriksdatter Aikio.^[1] Saba married Marie Gunneva Hansdatter Holm (1876–1961), daughter of Hans Holm Olsen and Marit Gulbrandsdatter. On 11 October 1906 he became the first Sámi to be elected to the Stortinget (Norwegian parliament), and he was the representative of Finnmark for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1907 to 1912.^[5] He was the mayor of Nesseby Municipality from 1914 to 1915.^[6] After serving as mayor, he worked as a teacher until his death.

Labour parliamentary group 1906; Saba left in the lower row.

Isak Saba
Isak Saba, 1906
Born	(1875-11-15)15 November 1875 Reppen, Nesseby, Norway
Died	1 June 1921(1921-06-01) (aged 45) Vardø, Norway
Occupation(s)	Politician, teacher, poet
Known for	Member of Parliament (1906–1909) Member of Parliament (1910–1912)
Spouse	Marie Gunneva Hansdatter Holm ​ ​ (m. 1905)​
Parents	Per (Peder) Sabasen (Sabbasen) (1832–1900) Bigi (Britha) Henriksdatter Aikio (1834–1908)

Saba wrote the text to Sámi soga lávlla, which the Sámi Conference made the Sami national anthem in 1986.^[1]

Saba died in 1921 in Vardø.

References

1. Jensen, Lill-Ann (25 February 2020), "Isak Saba", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), retrieved 31 December 2021
2. Lindstøl, Tallak. Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914 (in Norwegian). Vol. 1, part 2. Biographies L-Ø: and supplements. Kristiania: 1914–1915. p. 743. OCLC 1140738310.
3. Stortinget og statsrådet: 1915-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. p. 45.
4. Larsson, Bjørg (1996). Fornorskningsbegrepet belyst med utgangspunkt i debatten i begynnelsen av 1900-tallet (in Norwegian). Alta: Høgskolen i Finnmark. ISBN 9788275411202. OCLC 248806480.
5. Jernsletten, Regnor (1998). Samebevegelsen i Norge: idé og strategi 1900-1940 (in Norwegian). Tromsø: University of Tromsø Center for Sami Studies. OCLC 474342959.
6. Blix, Erik Schytte (1967). Ordførere i Nesseby kommune. 1846-1966 (in Norwegian). Tromsø. pp. 28–32. OCLC 557318538.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading

• Eriksen, Leif (1975): Isak Saba, stortingsmannen, thesis, University of Oslo
• Lindstøl, Tallak (1914): Stortinget og Statsraadet 1814-1914. Kristiania
• Zachariassen, Ketil (2012): "Isak Saba, Anders Larsen og Matti Aikio – ein komparasjon av dei samiske skjønnlitterære pionerane i Norge" (PDF), Nordlit 29

External links

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