Indigenous Norwegian Travellers
Ethnic minority group in Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indigenous Norwegian Travellers (better known as Fantefolk or Skøyere) are an ethnic minority group in Norway. They are a wandering people who once travelled by foot, with horse-drawn carts and with boats along the southern and southwestern coastline of Norway.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2022) |
Regions with significant populations | |
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Agder and Rogaland | |
Languages | |
Norwegian, Rodi | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Yenish people, Romani |
They are not to be confused with Romanisæl Travellers (also known as Tater, who are Norway and Sweden’s largest travelling group who have Romani roots and heritage).
Indigenous Norwegian Travellers have traditionally almost exclusively been centred around Southern Norway and the very southern parts of Southwestern Norway. They have managed to prevent their culture, language, identity, traditions and history from being absorbed up by the larger Romanisæl group of Norway due to being isolated from where they have historically travelled, as Romanisæl have traditionally travelled other parts of Norway, particularly Eastern Norway.