Sampo Lappelill

Sampo Lappelill. En saga från Lappland. (Sampo the Little Lapp Boy. A Tale from Lappland) is a fairy tale by Finnish writer Zachris Topelius about an adventurous Sámi boy who defies the Mountain King creature. "Lapp" is the historical term for a Sámi person and Lapland is a historical Northern Scandinavian region, the traditional land of Sami people. Although a Finn, Topelius wrote in Swedish.

The tale was first published in Eos magazine, Helsingfors, 1860, no. 4. It was included into the Reading Book for the Primary School (Läsebok för folkskolan) in Sweden.

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