Øyvind Ravna

Biographic Data

ID4451707
NAMEØyvind Ravna
GIVEN NAMESØyvind
FAMILY NAMERavna
SIGNATURERAVNA Ø
AFFILIATIONSFaculty of Law, https://dx.doi.org/200454UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
ORCID0000-0002-1085-8022
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS42
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT41
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Law, Politics, and Security in an Era of Arctic Uncertainty

    Open AccessØyvind Ravna, Ekaterina ZmyvalovaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2026

  • Strengthening Global Reach: Arctic Review Joins Brill

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2025

  • The Karasjok Case and its Significance for the Legal Survey in Finnmark

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEInternational Journal on Minority…2025

    On the final day of spring 2024, the Supreme Court of Norway ruled in the Karasjok case, affirming the Finnmark Estate’s ownership rights. The Grand Chamber’s decision, passed by a narrow 6 to 5 margin, underscored divisions surrounding national property law, international Indigenous law, legal history, and Sámi customary law, which received less attention than usual in Norwegian case law. This article explores the judgment’s impact on the ongoin…

  • La protection des droits culturels des sames en norvège

    Øyvind Ravna, Charlotte MatoussowskyARTICLEPouvoirs2025

  • The Karasjok Supreme Court Judgment – and Its Significance for the Legal Survey in Finnmark

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2024Cited by: 1

    The Karasjok judgment was pronounced by the Supreme Court of Norway on 31 May 2024. By a narrow majority (6 to 5), the Supreme Court concluded that neither the population of the municipality of Karasjok as a whole, nor the Sámi part of it, have property rights to outlying fields in the municipality, as the landownership belongs to the Finnmark Estate (Finnmarkseiendommen/FeFo). The Supreme Court thus set aside the Finnmark Land Tribunal’s judgmen…

  • Welcome to Another Demanding and Exiting Year

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2024

  • The 17th Polar Law Symposium and the Opening Speech of Rector Anders Fällström

    Open AccessAnders Fällström, Øyvind Ravna et al.ARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2024

    From September 23 to 26, 2024, Gaskeuniversiteete (Mid Sweden University) hosted the 17th Polar Law Symposium. The event was officially opened by the university’s rector, Anders Fällström, who, in his speech, underscored the significance of the symposium for both the university and its role as a global institution with a strong commitment to regional engagement. Fällström highlighted that Gaskeuniversiteete is the only university in Sweden locate…

  • Nye perspektiver på retten til jorda i Finnmark

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEHistorisk tidsskrift2023

    I 1993 fremla Samerettsutvalgets rettsgruppe sin utredning om retten til land og vann i Finnmark. I utredningen, som var et viktig bakgrunnsmateriale for utvalget, ble det konkludert med at staten ikke bare eide all usolgt jord i Finnmark, men at det hadde vært en sammenhengende oppfatning om det i om lag 300 år. Sentralt for rettsgruppas standpunkt var historieutredningen til professor Gudmund Sandvik

  • Welcome to an Exciting and Demanding New Year

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2023

  • The Fosen Case and the Protection of Sámi Culture in Norway Pursuant to Article 27 iccpr

    Øyvind RavnaARTICLEInternational Journal on Minority…2022

    The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has been a part of Norwegian law since 1999. It has, however, been of greater importance in the political sphere than in the courts. In the fall of 2021, the Supreme Court of ruled that the construction of two wind power plants were violating the rights of Indigenous Sámi reindeer herders pursuant to the Article 27 iccpr . In the presentation, the Supreme Court’s use of Article 27 is analys…

  • The War in Ukraine and Academic Challenges

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2022

    Russia’s military invasion of and war against Ukraine has caused enormous human suffering and material destruction. The situation also raises a number of academic and scholarly issues. This editorial describes the context for Arctic Review on Law and Politics’ plans for a special, thematic series devoted to these matters

  • The Survey of Use and Ownership Rights in Finnmark – A Change of Direction

    Øyvind RavnaARTICLEInternational Journal on Minority…2021

    In 2008, the Finnmark Act initiated a process of surveying land rights the Sámi and others may have in Finnmark, the core Sámi area of Norway. The Finnmark Commission, which was established to conduct the survey has completed six investigations. The assessments and conclusions in the first five reports are so similar in terms of collective rights appears as cut from the same cloth. In December 2019, the Commission presented its sixth report, whic…

  • Norwegian Courts and Sámi Law

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2021Cited by: 1

    For decades, Norway has been viewed as a role model when it comes to safeguarding Sámi rights as an Indigenous people in the Nordic Countries. Among other reasons, this is because Norway is the only country with a Sámi population that has ratified ILO Convention No. 169. Also, Norway has adopted a particular land law where one of the purposes is to survey Sámi rights to land and water. It is also said that Norway has worked actively to ensure ado…

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Norwegian Courts Moving into 2021

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2021Cited by: 1

    This article, by the journal's editor-in-chief, is the lead editorial for volume 12 of journal and introduces the first two articles

  • The Duty to Consult the Sámi in Norwegian Law

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2020Cited by: 1References: 1

    This article deals with the duty to consult indigenous peoples and the obligation to involve these peoples in decision-making processes in matters that concern them. After a general review of international legislation and obligations, particularly the ILO Convention no. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, the article focuses on how these obligations are implemented towards the indigenous Sámi in Norwegian law. Here, the consultation agreement f…

  • A Sámi Community Wins Case against the Swedish State in the Supreme Court

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2020

    On 23 January 2020, the Supreme Court of Sweden delivered an historic verdict in favour of the Girjas sameby in a lawsuit against the Swedish State over a long-standing dispute over the right to administer hunting and fishing rights in the Girjas land management area. Rooted in Sámi customary law, ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples, the verdict is a milestone in the development of Sámi law in Sweden. It may also have …

  • Celebrating Ten Years of Arctic Review

    Open AccessØyvind Ravna, Nigel BankesARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2020

    This article presents the editors' introduction to the ten-year anniversary issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics, with a history of the journal and an overview of the issue's contents

  • The Global Situation Demands More Research and Dissemination in 2019

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2019

  • Climate Change and Climate Responsibility. Our Responsibility

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2019

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  • Mining Developments, Duty to Consult and Marine Spatial Planning

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2018

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  • Faster Access to New Knowledge through Continuous Publication

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2017

    Published: January 2017Citation: Ø. Ravna. “Faster Access to New Knowledge through Continuous Publication.” Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.675

  • Three New Articles for Spring 2017: Cooperation and Impact Assessment in Extractive Industries and Implementation of Arctic Council Soft Law

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2017

    (Published: May 2017)Citation: Ø. Ravna. “Three New Articles for Spring 2017: Cooperation and Impact Assessment in Extractive Industries and Implementation of Arctic Council Soft Law.” Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 21–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.741

  • A Cold Rain on the Parade When the Sámi Celebrate 100th Anniversary

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2017Cited by: 2

    (Published: February 2017)Citation: Ø. Ravna. “A Cold Rain on the Parade When the Sámi Celebrate 100th Anniversary.” Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.684

  • The Paris Agreement Enters Into Force

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2016

    (Published: November 2016)Citation: Ø. Ravna. ‘‘The Paris Agreement Enters into Force.’’ Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2016, p. 205. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.584

  • Norway and Its Obligations under ILO 169 – Some Considerations after the Recent Stjernøy Supreme Court Case

    Open AccessØyvind RavnaARTICLEArctic review on law and politics2016

    (Published: November 2016)Citation: Ø. Ravna. ‘‘Norway and Its Obligations under ILO 169 – Some Considerations after the Recent Stjernøy Supreme Court Case.’’ Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2016, pp. 201–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.17585/arctic.v7.583