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23-463: The Norwegian Kven Organization ( Kven : Ruijan kveeniliitto , Norwegian : Norske kveners forbund ) was established in 1987, and has about 1200 members. The organization has local branches in Skibotn , Børselv , Nord-Varanger , Tana , Lakselv , Alta , northern Troms , Tromsø , and Østlandet . The tasks of the organization include working for a government report about the history and rights of

46-507: A minority language; it is only protected under Part II. This means that the culture and language are barely protected under this charter and, with the language dying out, the Norwegian Kven Association deems it important that the language be moved to Part III. The Norwegian Kven Organization was established in 1987. The organization currently (2024) has over 1200 members and about fifteen local branches. The members report to

69-420: A slight advantage in understanding Kven speakers, as opposed to the other way around. University of Troms%C3%B8 The main focus of the university's activities is on auroral light research , space science , fishery science , biotechnology , linguistics , multicultural societies , Saami culture , telemedicine , epidemiology and a wide spectrum of Arctic research projects. The close vicinity of

92-571: Is a Finnic language or a group of Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost parts of Norway by the Kven people . For political and historical reasons, it received the status of a minority language in 2005 within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages . However, it is seen by some as a mutually intelligible dialect of the Finnish language , and grouped together with

115-589: Is a suspected illegalist who worked for the Russian intelligence service GRU . The university is primarily divided into six faculties with multiple subordinate departments and several associated centres. University Campus Brevika in Tromsø consists of total 34 buildings and objects. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov received an honorary doctorate at the University of Tromsø in 2011 for having secured an agreement on

138-545: Is freely available. Today, most speakers of Kven are found in two places in Norway: Storfjord Municipality and Porsanger Municipality . A few speakers can be found other places, such as Bugøynes , Neiden , Vestre Jakobselv , Vadsø , and Nordreisa . In northeastern Norway, mainly around Varanger Fjord , the spoken language is quite similar to standard Finnish , whereas the Kven spoken west of Alta , due to

161-464: Is represented in writing by ⟨n⟩ if followed by /k/ , and ⟨ng⟩ if geminated; i.e., ⟨nk⟩ /ŋk/ and ⟨ng⟩ /ŋː/ . Gemination is indicated in writing by doubling the letter; e.g., ⟨mm⟩ for /mː/ and ⟨ll⟩ for /lː/ . Just like in Finnish, Kven has many noun cases. In Kven, the third person plural verb ending uses

184-565: Is similar to that of Finnish . However, Kven and Finnish diverge in the phonemic realization of some words. While Standard Finnish has been replacing /ð/ with /d/ , it is retained in Kven. For instance, the word syöđä ('to eat') in Kven is syödä in Finnish. In addition, due to loanwords, the sound /ʃ/ is much more common in Kven than in Finnish: for example, Kven prošekti ('project'), compared to Finnish projekti . Kven has 16 vowels , if one includes vowel length : In writing,

207-785: The Kven people , improving the media coverage of Kven issues, and for the Norwegian government to establish a State Secretary for Kven issues. In addition, its goals include establishing reading and writing classes at the beginner to advanced level and a Kven kindergarten, and to incorporate the Kven language at all levels of education in Norway. It also aims to establish a Kven culture fund, road and other signs in Kven, Kven names on official maps, and museums and centers for Kven language and culture. Kven language Kven ( kvääni or kväänin kieli ; kainu or kainun kieli ; Finnish : kveeni or kveenin kieli ; Norwegian : kvensk )

230-606: The Norwegian Polar Institute , the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research and the Polar Environmental Centre gives Tromsø added weight and importance as an international centre for Arctic research. Research activities, however, are not limited to Arctic studies. The university researchers work within a broad range of subjects and are recognised both nationally and internationally. On 1 January 2009,

253-619: The Peräpohjola dialects such as Meänkieli , spoken in Torne Valley in Sweden . While it is often considered a dialect in Finland, it is officially recognized as a minority language in Norway and many Kven consider it a separate language. There are about 1,500 to 10,000 known native speakers of this language, most of whom are over the age of 60. Middle-aged speakers tend to have a passing knowledge of

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276-537: The Kven culture and language at the University of Tromsø , and in 2007 the Kven language board was formed at the Kven institute , a national centre for Kven language and culture in Børselv , Norway . The council developed a written standard Kven language, using Finnish orthography to maintain inter-Finnish language understanding. The grammar, written in Kven, was published in 2014. A Norwegian translation published in 2017

299-547: The Kven language. Norway saw the Kvens as a kind of a threat to Norwegian society and the attempt to assimilate the Kvens was much stronger than with the Sámi people . The Kven Assembly was formed in 2007 and plans to standardize a Kven written language. The term Kven first appeared in Ohthere 's tales from the 800s, along with the terms Finn and Norwegian . The area that the Kvens lived in

322-770: The University of Tromsø merged with Tromsø University College . The college's teacher education department (the descendant of the Tromsø Seminarium first established in 1848) became part of the university's department of education and pedagogy. On 1 August 2013, the university merged with Finnmark University College to form Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet (The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway), thereby adding campuses in Alta , Hammerfest , and Kirkenes . On 1 January 2016, Narvik University College and Harstad University College merged with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. As of September 2024

345-515: The area's close ties to the Torne Valley area along the border between Finland and Sweden, is more closely related to the Meänkieli spoken there. In government report from 2005, the number of people speaking Kven in Norway is estimated to be between 2,000 and 8,000, depending on the criteria used, though few young people speak it, which is a major obstacle to its survival . The phonology of Kven

368-553: The dividing line in the Barents Sea but lost his status after 28 February 2022 due to a board decision related to his co-responsibility for the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The ravens in the university's logo are Huginn and Muninn . In Norse mythology , Hugin and Munin travel the world for Odin , bringing him news and information. Huginn represents thought and Muninn memory . Ravens are an early Norse symbol, used, for example, on

391-430: The first Kven language and culture plan. They are skilled at making plans. For example, they have a library plan, transport plan and physical activity plan. In the above sample, some Kven terms are shared with not only Norwegian, but also Swedish (e.g. biblioteek ( bibliotek ), transport , kommuun ( kommun ), and plaan ( plan , alternate term for planering/planera )), giving Finns who learned Swedish at school

414-464: The government about the history and rights of the Kven people. The members also try and highlight Kven news by advancing Kven media coverage. The organization has also been pushing the Norwegian government to establish a state secretary for Kven issues. Moving the language of Kven into kindergarten classrooms, as well as all other education levels is also a forefront issue that the organization is aiming to tackle. Since 2006, it has been possible to study

437-416: The language. They use it occasionally, but not frequently enough to keep it off the endangered list. People under the age of 30 rarely speak or know the language. However, children in the community of Børselv can learn Kven in their primary schools. Because of fears of Finnish expansion into Norway, there were attempts of assimilating of the Kven people into Norwegian society and to make the Kvens give up

460-803: The passive form. The letter h is also very common in Kven; there are rules on where it is used. According to Katriina Pedersen, most differences with Kven and Standard Finnish are in vocabulary, for example Finnish auto 'car', in Kven is piili (from Norwegian bil ). Tromssan fylkinkomuuni oon saanu valmhiiksi mailman ensimäisen kainun kielen ja kulttuurin plaanan. Se oon seppä tekemhään plaanoi. Heilä oon esimerkiksi biblioteekkiplaana, transporttiplaana ja fyysisen aktiviteetin plaana. Tromssan läänikunta on saanut valmiiksi maailman ensimmäisen kveenin kielen ja kulttuurin suunnitelman. Se on taitava tekemään suunnitelmia. Heillä on esimerkiksi kirjastosuunnitelma, liikennesuunnitelma ja fyysisten aktiviteettien suunnitelma. prepared

483-490: The university has eleven campus locations in northern Norway, the main campus being Tromsø . In October 2022 a guest researcher at UiT was arrested by the Norwegian Police Security Service and charged with espionage against Norway. The researcher posed as a Brazilian researcher named José Assis Giammaria, but later revealed that he is a Russian citizen by the name Mikhail Valerijevitsj Mikusjin. Mikusjin

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506-407: The vowel length is indicated by doubling the letter; e.g., ⟨yy⟩ /yː/ and ⟨öö⟩ /øː/ . The graphemes representing /ø/ , /æ/ and /ɑ/ are ⟨ö⟩ , ⟨ä⟩ and ⟨a⟩ , respectively. Kven has 14 consonants found in native vocabulary , and 4 consonants found in loanwords : /b, d, ɡ, ʃ/ are only found in loanwords. /ŋ/

529-592: Was called Kvenland. They originally settled in Kvenland, which also expanded into the flat areas of the Bay of Bothnia . As the Kven community continued to grow and develop a long standing culture, the Norwegian state deemed the Kvens taxpayers and the term Kven soon became an ethnic term. In 1992, the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages was enacted to protect regional and minority languages. It included Kven as

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