Ájtte
thumb|Entrance of Ájtte thumb|Permanent exhibition on the life of Sami nomads thumb|Diorama thumb|A storage hut (ájtte in the Lule Sami language) in front of the museum Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (), is a cultural and natural history museum in Jokkmokk in Lapland, Sweden.
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1989
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- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Jokkmokk Municipality
- Headquarters
- Jokkmokk
- Location
- Jokkmokk
- Official website
- www.ajtte.com
- Image
- Ajtte entré.JPG
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Article
3 sectionsContents
- Jokkmokk Alpine Garden
- References
- External links
thumb|Entrance of Ájtte thumb|Permanent exhibition on the life of Sami nomads thumb|Diorama thumb|A storage hut (ájtte in the Lule Sami language) in front of the museum Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (), is a cultural and natural history museum in Jokkmokk in Lapland, Sweden.
Ájtte is a museum, which specializes in the culture and nature of the mountainous area of Northern Sweden, and which is also the main museum and archive for the Sami culture of Sweden. Ájtte is also an information centre for tourism in Lapland. The word ájtte is a Lule Sami language one, meaning storage hut and referring to the museum as an archive for artifacts of the Sami cultural heritage.