Sami slojd – a craft that bears a tradition

Traditional Sami handicraft, or slojd, is one of the most important bearers of traditional Sami culture.

Sami slojd is divided into two categories – hard slojd and soft slojd. The first consists of traditionally male slojd, mainly knives and cups crafted from reindeer horn and elaborately engraved. The traditionally female ”soft” slojd encompasses clothing garmets, tin bracelets and other jewellery, bags as well as traditional baskets woven from birch roots, so-called root slojd.

You will find exquisite genuine Sami and other high-quality slojd in outlets throughout Lapland and Northern Sweden, as well as in the shops Svensk Slöjd and Svensk Hemslöjd in Stockholm. The towns of Kiruna and particularly Jokkmokk are places to visit for those with a special interest in Sami craft and Sami culture.

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