Ellen Berit Dalbakk

Dublin Core

Title

Ellen Berit Dalbakk

Source

artisans,lofotenmap

Date

42

Contributor

iain

Language

Norwegian,Sami

Type

Artisan

Identifier

669

Spatial Coverage

current,68.58500463557306,16.70555667334062;

Europeana

Country

Norway

Europeana Data Provider

Ellen Berit Dalbakk

Europeana Type

TEXT

Artisan Item Type Metadata

Biographical Text

Ellen Berit Dalbakk exudes Sami traditional crafts, doudji, which she has practiced for the past 15 years. She lives in Kiruna in northern Sweden, but also spends a lot of time in her home area in Tjeldsund.

External ID

MN_PR_06

Prim Media

1450

Social Media

facebook,https://www.facebook.com/ellenberitdalbakk/;

Phone

47 997 96 947

Occupation

woodwork,leatherwork,artist

Knowledge Acquisition

Learning from her community.

Knowledge Transfer

Earlies she had been giving courses.

Field Worker

Ida Fossli

Gender

female

Area Relation

native

knowledge1

Knowledge about sami traditional crafts.

material1

Wool, leather

material2

Her local community, farms and local shops.

material3

Reuse into other projevcts.

production1

Techniques that let her preserve leather and wool.

production2

Hand tools used to work with leather and wool.

production3

Some are heritage, other bought new.

production4

Electricity.

production5

Leftovers from leather and wool production, that are reused in other projects.

workshop

Yes, together with others they have a workshop a distance from their home.

products1

Ellen Berit Dalbakk makes several products, such as suits, coffee bags and belts.

products2

People order and buy her items.

products3

Through markeds and through ordering from Ellen.

products5

Yes, she repairs broken items.

products6

Private persons for the most part.

products7

Handmade heritage sami product

tourism1

No

partnership

Sami heritage communities.She often participates in collaboration with other actors who promote Sami cultural heritage, where she has, among other things, contributed to exhibitions at the Várdobáiki Sami Centre.

challenges1

In general getting tools and equitments used. Also to make an income related to the practice.

challenges2

Jeg deler livet mitt mellom Evenskjer og Kiruna, det har jeg gjort i mange år. Men da vi stiftet familie ble det vanskelig å reise i mellom, og derfor er jeg primært bosatt i Kiruna nå.

Citation

“Ellen Berit Dalbakk,” VERAP, accessed April 2, 2026, https://culturality.museum/omeka/items/show/1459.

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