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Isak Saba

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Labour parliamentary group 1906; Saba left in the lower row.

Isak Mikal Saba (15 November 1875 in Nesseby, Norway – 1 June 1921) was a Sami teacher and politician. On 11 October 1906 he became the first Sami to be elected to the Stortinget, and he was the representative of Finnmark for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1907 to 1912.

Isak Saba wrote the text to Sámi soga lávlla, which the Sami Conference made the Sami national anthem in 1986.