Sami public health has been subject to systematic long-term investigation for example in the SAMINOR-programme conducted in Norway in 2003–2004 and 2012–2014. This programme covered physical, psychological and health service issues of Sami living in different areas in Norway . The SAMINOR-programme was preceded by the Finnmark study conducted in 1974–2000 which included the whole population of Finnmark—the Sami, Norwegians, Kven, and any others who live in the area . Before these studies only some isolated reports from physicians working in North-Sami areas are available, reporting issues like tuberculosis, echinococcus and high rates of infant mortality [36–38].