The school
The churches
Gustavus I assembled the people in winter to pay the tax and to hear a priest. Charles IX, the book says, had a church built in every lappmark, at his own charge. In Torne it names Tenotekis and Jukasjærff, one in 1600 and the other three years later. In 1640, after a silver mine was found, Christina ordered four more. The book counts thirteen churches, apart from two that had burnt, and says they were kept in repair. The spellings do not stay the same even inside that paragraph, so the whole list is not copied here. In Lule it names Jochmoch, and in Kemi, Enare. One church it spells first Rounala and then Kounala. Three brothers built it, and the materials were brought from Norway by reindeer. The book says the Danes burnt one, and that another burnt by accident. (Schefferus 1674)
The books
The schools were begun by Gustavus Adolphus, the book says at Pite, before 1619. They were put in the charge of Nicolaus Andreæ. The reason was that a sermon in Swedish was not understood. Sometimes an interpreter stood under the pulpit. Before this there was no book in their language. The first was a primer: the ten commandments, the creed, and the Lord’s prayer. Andreæ also had a service book printed. At Stockholm, by Ignatius Meurer, its title is Liber Cantionum quomodo sit celebranda Missa Sermone Lappico. Johannes Tornæus, minister and schoolmaster at Torne, translated a book from Swedish with the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. The scholars were given food and clothes. Some studied at Uppsala, and were made priests. A second school was set up in the Ume lappmark, by the church at Lyksala. The royal letter is dated at old Stetin in Pomerland, 20 June 1631. The care of the school was given to Joannes Skytte, whom the letter spells John Skytt, and to his family. Its keep was the tithe of Ume, after the ordinary payments. The crown kept the last oversight. The book counts one priest in Ume, three in Pite, and one in Lule, mostly Laplanders, or speakers of the language. The country was large, and the people scattered. A primer is missing. We are asking the Sámi Parliament. (Schefferus 1674)
Sámi Parliament of Finland