Elsa Laula Renberg
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Elsa Laula Renberg (née Elsa Laula, born November 29, 1877 in Tärnaby, Sweden, died July 22, 1931 of tuberculosis in Brønnøy, Norway) was a Sámi activist and politician. She was born to reindeer herders, Lars Thomasson Laula and Kristina Josefina Larsdotterb and grew up near Dikanäs. After receiving training school in Tukholma as a midwife, she returned home to live near Dikanäs. In 1908, she married reindeer herder, Thomas Renberg. Together, they moved to Vefsn in Nordland, Norway and had 6 children together. Elsa died at the age of 54 of tuberculosis in Brønnøy.
[edit] Life or death
In 1904, Renberg wrote and published a 30-page book entitled Infør lif eller död? Sanningsord i de Lappska förhållandena (Do we face life or death? Words of truth about the Lappish situation) making her the first Sámi woman to have her writings published.[citation needed] Her work discusses several issues that were facing the Sámi, such as their education system, their right to vote, and their right to own land.
[edit] Note
- This article is based on a translation of Elsa Laula Renberg from the Northern Sámi Wikipedia (7-16-2007).
[edit] External links
- The Pioneers: Elsa Laula And Karin Stenberg, The First Sámi Woman Writers
- Elsa Laula Renberg - the mother of Sámi cooperation
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