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Barbara Sjoholm

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I’m a writer of nonfiction, including memoirs (Blue Windows) and travel books (The Pirate Queen). As Barbara Sjoholm I have published essays and travel articles in The New York Times, Smithsonian, Slate, and American Scholar, as well as many other publications. My focus as a nonfiction writer has been on Scandinavia and the Indigenous Sami people of the Nordic countries (Black Fox, Palace of the Snow Queen). I also translate from Danish (By the Fire: Sami Folktales) and Norwegian (Clearing Out by Helene Uri).

As Barbara Wilson I have a long career as a mystery writer, with two series featuring lesbian sleuths, Pam Nilsen, a printer in Seattle, and the globe-trotting translator Cassandra Reilly. Gaudi Afternoon, with Cassandra, and set in Ba
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Davvi Wind Farm Rejected in Northern Sápmi

 

Raggovidda Wind Farm, Berlevåg, Norway

Reuters reported on November 4, 2025 that Norway's energy regulator had rejected an application to build a wind farm in its northernmost county of Finnmark, citing impacts to a wilderness area as well as Indigenous Sámi culture.

The projected Davvi wind farm would have joined other wind farms in the northernmost region of Norway, such as Raggovidda, which

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