13 Facts About Reindeer herding

Reindeer herding is when reindeer are herded by people in a limited area.

Reindeer herding is conducted in nine countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, Mongolia, China and Canada.

Reindeer herding is conducted by individuals within some kind of cooperation, in forms such as families, districts, Sami and Yakut villages and sovkhozy.

Reindeer herding herders have their own stories about how reindeer were domesticated, and about the relationship between wild and domestic reindeer.

Reindeer herding became the preferred vehicle on the expanses of Eurasia.

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In Norway and Sweden reindeer herding is characterized by large herds and a high degree of mechanization in all regions.

Reindeer herding is managed by the Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration, which is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture of Norway.

Reindeer herding is regulated by the New Norwegian Reindeer Herding Act of 2007.

Reindeer herding is in terms of taxation seen as a for-profit-business and for a reindeer herder a common tax form is as a private entrepreneur.

In Sweden, reindeer herding is practised almost everywhere in the provinces of Norrbotten, Vasterbotten, and Jamtland, and in parts of the provinces of Dalarna, Vasternorrland, and Gavleborg.

Reindeer herding employs about 2,500 people in Sweden and the number of reindeer owners is a total of about 4,600 people.

However, according to the Reindeer Husbandry Act, the actual reindeer herding in a concession village must be conducted by a Sami.

Reindeer herding husbandry is managed by two state farms and reindeer herders are hired workers of these farms, as in the Soviet period.