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'''Sajos''' is a Sámi cultural and administrative centre, located on the banks of the Juutuanjoki in Inari, Finland and is the largest convention and event venue in northern Lapland.<ref name="Sámediggi">{{cite web |url= http://www.samediggi.fi/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=162&Itemid=305&lang=english |title= The Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 12 November 2015|website= Finnish Sámi Parliament |publisher= |access-date= 10 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Lapin Kansa">{{cite web|url= http://www.lapinkansa.fi/Lappi/1194712581609/artikkeli/sajos+valmistuu+inariin+keskukseen+mahtuisivat+kaikki+alueen+saamelaiset.html|title= Sajos valmistuu Inariin: keskukseen mahtuisivat kaikki alueen saamelaiset|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 12 November 2015|website= Lapin Kansa|publisher= Lapin Kansa|access-date= 10 December 2015|language= Finnish|trans-title= Sajos ready in Inari: all of the Sámi in the area would fit in it|archive-date= 22 December 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093505/http://www.lapinkansa.fi/arkisto/?cid=1194712581609|url-status= dead}}</ref> It houses the Sámi Parliament of Finland, the Sámi Education Centre, the Sámi Archives, the State Provincial Office of Lapland, and a number of other associations.<ref name="HS"/>
The building was designed by HALO Architects in Oulu and built by Senate Properties at a cost of 15 million euros. Construction was completed in January 2012 and the building inaugurated in April 2012.<ref name="HS">Jenni Leukumavaara, Saamelaiset saivat komean kodin ("The Sámi receive a handsome home"), HS 6.2.2012 s. C1</ref>
Dark wood on the outside, the three-storey building is covered in white pine. The design of the building was inspired by Sámi traditions, as stipulated in the competition program. The word ''Sajos'' comes from the Inari Sámi language and means 'the base' or 'the position of a place'; it was suggested by Matti Morottaja.<ref name="Lapin Kansa" /><ref name="HS"/>
The project was finally launched in 1996 with the establishment of the Sámi Parliament of Finland.<ref name="HS"/>
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==External links== * {{commonscat-inline|Sajos}} * [https://www.sajos.fi/en/ The Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos] {{coord|68|54|20|N|027|01|40|E|region:FI-10_type:landmark_scale:30000|display=title}}
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Category:Sámi in Finland Category:Inari, Finland Category:Tourist attractions in Lapland (Finland) Category:Buildings and structures in Lapland (Finland) Category:Sámi organisations Category:Sámi politics Category:Indigenous organisations in Finland