‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden

A couple embracing by Johan Turi. Photograph: Johan Ylitalo/Kin Museum A couple embracing by Johan Turi. Photograph: Johan Ylitalo/Kin Museum Indigenous peoples ‘The same struggles as 100 years ago’: exhibition highlights lives of Sami people in Sweden Show at Kin Museum in Kiruna marks handover of long-awaited report on abuses committed by the state against the Indigenous people

Miranda Bryant in Kiruna Mon 28 Sep 2026 00.00 EDT Last modified on Mon 28 Sep 2026 00.09 EDT Share Prefer the Guardian on Google F rom a detailed multi-perspectival drawing of reindeer to written accounts of belief systems and childbirth, Johan Turi’s work offers unparalleled insight into his life as a Sami person living in northern Sweden at the start of the 20th century.