Ole Henrik Magga

Education
Primary school 1954-64 in Guovdageaidnu and Kárásjohka, Norway
Gymnas (corresponding to junior college) 1964-67 in Asker
Military service, officers´ training school,1967-68 Norwegian army
Student at the University of Oslo from 1968
Cand. mag. (Bachelor of Arts ) biology, chemistry, mathematics 1972
Magistergrad (Master of Science) in Sami lingustics 1977
Doktorgrad (Ph D. ) in Sami linguistics 1986

Professional career
Lecturer at Tromsø Museum 1973
Scholarship holder at Alta Teachers Training College 1975-76
Research assistant at Nordic Sami Institute 1976-77
Research scholar at Nordic Sami Institute/Norwegian Research Council for the Humanities 1977-80
Head of Department (Department of Sami Language and Culture) at Nordic Sami Institute 1980-1983
Project leader Sami linguistics (syntax) 1983-86
Professor in fenno-ugric languages at the Universtity of Oslo 1987-88
Dosent (associate professor) at the Sami Allaskuvla (Saami University College), Guovdageaidnu from 1990.
Professor (prof II) in Sami lingustics at the University of Tromsø 1994-2002.
President of the Sami Parliament, Norway 1990-1997.
Profesor in Saami lingusitics at the Saami University College, Guovdageaindu from 1997.

Other activities
Member of the Sami Education Board 1976-84
Chairman of Nordic Sami Language Board 1973-78
Executive member of the Nordic Sami Council 1976-78
Delegate to the founding conference of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples(WCIP), Port Alberni, Canada, 1975
Delegate to the 2nd General Assembly of WCIP, Kiruna, Seden, 1977.
Chairman of Norgga Sámiid Riikkasearvi (Norwegian Sami Association) 1980-85
Member of Guovdageaidnu Community Board 1983-91
Member of Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura (Fenno-Ugric Community), Helsinki from 1987
Member of the Saami Parliament (Norway) since 1989.
Member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1993.
Adviser to the Department of Cultural Affairs (Norway) on Sami place names from 1987
Council Member(Representantskap) of the Norwegian Bible Society Member of the Norwegian delegation to the Conference of Security and Co-operation in Europe, Expert Meeting on Minorities, Geneva 1991
Member of the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro 1992
Member of the World Commission of Culture and Development (UN/UNESCO) chaired by Perez de Cuéllar 1992-1995.
Member of the Freedom of Speech Commission (Norway) 1996-1999.
Member of the Commission on Higher Education (Norway)1998-2000.
Chairman of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 2002.

Publications
Saami lingustics, Saami education, Saami history and culture, Saami place names and Saami politics.

Speeches
Message of the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the occasion of the International Day of The World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2003

Mr. Magga's statement on the launch of UNICEF's Digest on Indigenous Children W|HTML

Mr. Magga's Speech on "Indigenous People's Perspectives on Quality Education"