About Edel Hætta Eriksen
Lived 1921 – 2023 (aged 101). Edel Hætta Eriksen was a Norwegian teacher, politician, author, editor and pedagogue.
Edel Hætta Eriksen (17 October 1921 – 13 August 2023) was a Norwegian politician and Northern Saami schoolteacher.
Biography Edel Hætta Eriksen was born in Guovdageainnu Municipality on 17 October 1921, to Klemet Klemetsen Hætta and midwife Berit Karen Olsdatter Erke. In 1949, she married Hagbart Andor Eriksen.
Edel Hætta Eriksen died on 13 August 2023, at the age of 101.
Selected works Låkkangirj'ji sámi-ja dárogillii (2 volumes 1965/1970) Muitalusat ja dáhpáhusat Guovdageainnus (4 volumes 1991–1997)
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Northern Saami schoolteacher and politician (1921–2023)
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Edel Hætta Eriksen was born on 17 October 1921 in Kautokeino Municipality.
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Edel Hætta Eriksen died on 13 August 2023.
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Edel Hætta Eriksen was a teacher, politician, author, editor and pedagogue.
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Edel Hætta Eriksen was Norwegian.
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