Native Wild Sweden Skin

Honoring the Sámi: Sweden’s Indigenous

Stewards of the North In the Arctic landscapes of northern Sweden, the Sámi people have lived in harmony with the land for thousands of years. As Europe’s only recognized Indigenous group, their traditions reflect a deep reciprocity with nature—where every reindeer migration, herbal remedy, and handwoven garment is a story of seasonal rhythm and ancestral memory. Sámi knowledge is rooted in the tundra, where cloudberries, angelica, and birch give life to sacred remedies and skin-nourishing rituals. At Native Wild Living, we honor Sámi heritage not as a relic of the past, but as a living thread of ecological wisdom—one that reminds us how to listen to the Earth, tend to what we take, and carry forward traditions with integrity and care.