Elsa Laula Renberg

Sami activist

Elsa Laula Renberg
Elsa Laula Renberg (née Elsa Laula, 29 November 1877 in Tärnaby – 22 July 1931 in Brønnøy Municipality) was a Southern Sámi activist and politician. She was born to reindeer herders, Lars Thomasson Laula and Kristina Josefina Larsdotter and grew up near Dikanäs. After receiving training school in Stockholm as a midwife, she returned home to live near Dikanäs. In 1908, she married reindeer herder, Thomas Renberg. Together, they moved to Vefsn Municipality in Nordland, Norway where they lived as reindeer herders and had 6 children together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Laula_Renberg

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