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Snøfrid the Sámi: Matriarch of Norway's royal bloodline?

For a long time, some researchers believed that the South Sámi population arrived in Central Norway in the 18th century at the earliest, and that Norwegian farmers were present long before the Sámi. This is known as the "hypothesis of late immigration."

Snøfrid the Sámi: Matriarch of Norway's royal bloodline?
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For a long time, some researchers believed that the South Sámi population arrived in Central Norway in the 18th century at the earliest, and that Norwegian farmers were present long before the Sámi. This is known as the "hypothesis of late immigration."

Originally published at Phys.org

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