In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against wind farm

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists including Indigenous Sami are protesting outside the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The activists on Friday vowed to block entry to the complex to remind the government that they want a wind farm removed because they say it endangers the reindeer herders’ way of life. The same activists had occupied several ministries in February. And the Norwegian government had apologized for failing to act. At the center of the dispute are 151 turbines north of Oslo. Norway’s Supreme Court ruled in October 2021 that the construction of the turbines had violated the rights of the Sami, who have used the land for reindeer for centuries. The wind turbines are still operating.