MediaFaro Analysis<p>Europe wants Sweden’s minerals. That’s more bad news for the Sami.</p><p>Sweden’s constitution recognises the Sami’s right to use land for reindeer herding. However, these rights exist alongside competing property claims.</p><p>Lacking a clear legal framework, communities are forced to fight industrial expansion in courts or corporate boardrooms.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250424-europe-wants-swedens-minerals-thats-more-bad-news-for-the-sami?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250424</span><span class="invisible">-europe-wants-swedens-minerals-thats-more-bad-news-for-the-sami?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Sami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minerals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Reindeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reindeer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Kiruna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kiruna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CriticalRawMaterialsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalRawMaterialsAct</span></a></p>