This paper examines traces of Sámi habitation in southern and central Scandinavia, particularly Sweden, addressing the late medieval period to the end of the nineteenth century. It begins with Swedish judicial policy against Sámi nomadism in central Sweden, followed by a discussion of medieval Sámi material culture in southern Scandinavia. Further analysis addresses so-called Parish-Lapp indenture, which allowed nomadic Sámi to escape eviction to the far north (as decreed in 1671) by serving the parish. Yet, Sámi groups maintained and developed ritual practices, foodways, and language in a society parallel to the majority society and in resistance to it.

本文考察了斯堪的纳维亚半岛南部和中部，特别是瑞典的萨米人居住痕迹，讲述了中世纪晚期至 19 世纪末期。它从瑞典中部反对萨米游牧的瑞典司法政策开始，随后讨论了斯堪的纳维亚南部的中世纪萨米物质文化。进一步的分析涉及所谓的教区拉普契约，它允许游牧的萨米人通过为教区服务而逃脱被驱逐到遥远的北方（根据 1671 年的法令）。然而，萨米族群在一个与多数社会平行并抵制它的社会中维持和发展了仪式实践、饮食方式和语言。