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{{short description|Norwegian Sámi newspaper}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = Min Áigi
| image               =
| caption             =
| type                = Twice weekly
| format              = Tabloid
| launched             = {{start date|1993|05|22}}
| ceased publication   = {{end date|2008|01|30}}
| price               =
| owners              = Finnmark Dagblad, Kárášjohka-Karasjok Municipality, Norwegian Sámi Association, Samenes Landsforbund, Davvi Girji, local Sámi societies and individual shareholders
| publisher           =
| editor              =
| chiefeditor         = Svein Nordsletta
| assoceditor         =
| staff               =
| language            = [[Social:Northern Sámi|Northern Sámi]]
| political           =
| circulation         = 1,104 (in 2007)
| headquarters        = Kárášjohka, Norway
| oclc                =
| ISSN                = 0805-5017
| website             = [http://www.minaigi.no/ www.minaigi.no]
}}

'''''Min Áigi''''' (''Our Time'' in [[Social:Northern Sami|Northern Sami]]) was a twice-weekly [[Social:Northern Sami|Northern Sámi language]] [[Biology:Newspaper|newspaper]] based in Kárášjohka, {{wipe|Norway}}. In 2008, ''Min Áigi'' ceased publication to merge with the rival paper ''Áššu'' to form ''Ávvir''.

==History==
''Min Áigi'' was founded as a continuation of the influential Sámi newspaper ''Sámi Áigi'', which went bankrupt in March 1993. The first issue of ''Min Áigi'' was published two months later on 22 May 1993.<ref name="Dahl2016">{{cite book|last=Dahl|first=Hans Fredrik|title=A History of the Norwegian Press, 1660-2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZYFDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT296|accessdate=27 April 2020|date=10 February 2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=London, England|isbn=978-1-137-58026-9|pages=296–}}</ref><ref name="Solbakk2006">{{cite book|last=Solbakk|first=John Trygve|title=The Sámi People: A Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGBpAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 April 2020|year=2006|publisher=Davvi Girji|location=Kárášjohka, Norway|isbn=978-82-7374-203-2}}</ref>

Although the newspaper's editorial staff and most of its subscribers were from Norway, ''Min Áigi'' was intended to be a newspaper for Sámi people throughout the Nordic countries. ''[[Biology:Finnmark Dagblad|Finnmark Dagblad]]'' in Hammerfest was the main stakeholder in the newspaper through the company Min Áigi OS. Other stakeholders include Kárášjoga gielda, the Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi, the Samiid Ædnansær'vi / Samenes Landsforbund and the publisher Davvi Girji. The editor-in-chief was Svein Nordsletta.

''Min Áigi'' also published a children's magazine called ''Leavedolgi''.<ref name="SamiMedia">{{cite web|title=Sámi mediahistorjá|language=se|trans-title=Sámi Media History|last=Solbakk|first=Aage|publisher=ČálliidLágádus|location=Kárášjohka, Norway|url=http://www.calliidlagadus.org/web/index.php?sladja=61&vuolitsladja=106&giella1=sam|access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref>

''Min Áigi'' maintained local offices in Deatnu Tana, Guovdageaidnu, and Johkamohkki. Its marketing department was based in Leavdnja.

== Merger ==
On 27 August 2007, ''Min Áigi'' and its rival ''Áššu'' announced plans to merge to create a Northern Sámi-language daily newspaper, ''Ávvir''.<ref name="SamiMedia" /> A week after ''Min Áigi'' published its final issue, ''Ávvir'' launched on 6 February 2008, the Sami National Day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ønsker samisk dagsavis velkommen - Både Norske Samers Riksforbund og avisa Ságat ønsker en ny samiskspråklig dagsavis velkommen|trans-title=A Sámi daily welcome — Both the Norwegian Sámi Federation and ''Ságat'' paper welcome the new Sámi language daily newspaper|language=no|publisher=NRK Sámi Radio|url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.3206905|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> ''Min Áigi'' chairman Magne Svineng stated that due to higher production costs, mergering ''Áššu'' and ''Min Áigi'' was the only way to meet the need for a daily Sámi-language newspaper with wide distribution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Samiske aviser slås sammen|language=no|trans-title=Sámi newspapers to merge|publisher=NRK Sámi Radio|url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sami_radio/1.3202540|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> ''Ávvir'' maintained editorial bureaus in Kárášjohka and Guovdageaidnu, the respective headquarters of ''Min Áigi'' and ''Áššu''.

==Circulation==
{| rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" style="border-left: 1px solid #999; border-right: 1px solid #999; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; border-top: 1px solid #999; background: #f3fff3"
|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Number of Subscribers<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten smallest Norwegian print newspapers|publisher=MediaNorway|url=http://medienorge.uib.no/english/?cat=statistikk&queryID=354&aspekt=oppdatering|access-date=2020-05-04}}.</ref>
|-style="background: #ddffdd"
! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007
|-
| align=center| 964 || align=center| 1,142 || align=center| 1,197 || align=center| 1,072 || align=center| 1,211 || align=center| 1,179 || align=center|1,177 || align=center|1,104 
|}

==See also==
* Áššu
* Ávvir

== Notes ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070417094353/http://www.minaigi.no/ Min Áigi ''(Davvisápmi)'']

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