斯德哥尔摩9月30日电——瑞典政府任命的一个委员会周三表示，瑞典政府应就过去对原住民萨米人的不公正行为道歉，并在采矿和风能项目方面给予萨米人利益更强有力的考量。
STOCKHOLM, Sept 30 - The Swedish government should apologise to the indigenous Sami people for past injustices and Sami interests should be given stronger consideration against mining and wind power projects, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday.
据估计，有8万至10万萨米人居住在瑞典、芬兰、挪威和俄罗斯的北部地区，在广阔土地上的驯鹿放牧一直是他们文化和生计的基石。
An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Sami live in the northern lands of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia, where reindeer herding over vast areas has been the cornerstone of their culture and livelihood.
政府任命的真相委员会表示，瑞典国家在18和19世纪期间单方面占有了萨米人的大部分土地。
The government-appointed Truth Commission said that the Swedish state had unilaterally taken ownership of large parts of Sami land, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.
真相委员会在政府网页上发布的报告中写道：“由于瑞典国家过去和现在的政策，原住民萨米人在保护和发展其文化方面正面临重大挑战。”
"The indigenous Sami people today face major challenges in preserving and developing their culture as a direct consequence of the Swedish state's past and present policies," the Truth Commission wrote in the report published on the government webpage.
该委员会的调查结果使瑞典加入了面对其对待萨米人方式的北欧国家行列。
The commission's findings add Sweden to a list of Nordic countries confronting their treatment of the Sami.
挪威在2024年正式道歉，芬兰的一个委员会也在2025年呼吁进行补救。报告称，萨米社区早在17世纪就被强行流离失所。
Norway, which is home to around 50,000 Sami people, officially apologised in 2024, and a Finnish commission called for redress in 2025. The report said Sami communities had been forcibly displaced as far back as the 17th century.
委员会敦促政府“承认历史错误、虐待和侵权行为……以及这对萨米人民造成的伤害”。
The commission urged the government to "acknowledge the historical wrongs, abuses, and violations ... and the harm this has caused the Sami people".
瑞典议会于1977年承认萨米人为原住民，但与国家的关系往往存在争议。
The Swedish parliament recognised the Sami as an indigenous people in 1977, but relations with the state have often been contentious.
近年来，他们因采矿和风能项目与当局发生冲突，萨米人认为这些项目影响了他们的驯鹿放牧。委员会表示，政府应加强驯鹿放牧的土地使用权地位。
In recent years, they have clashed with authorities over mining and wind power projects the Sami feel impact their reindeer herding. The commission said the government should strengthen the land use rights status for reindeer herding.
萨米人的驯鹿放牧区覆盖了瑞典约三分之一的土地，面积比整个英格兰还要大。
The Sami reindeer herding areas cover around a third of Sweden, bigger than the total area of England.