The Sami handicrafts, were originally intended only for domestic use. Today, they are produced and sold in large numbers. The products provides a livelihood for many Sami and an important extra income for those engaged in the more traditional occupations. The craftsmen use a few basic materials such as horn, wood and leather.

Although we can find genuine Sami handcraft where the artisan have chosen to include parts made of silver, tin and cloth as well. There are still two Sami communities living in Funäsdalen.  In the area you can find  nice craft shops were you can buy typical products such as trinkets made from reindeer horn, rugs and jewellery all set in a lovely coffee bar.

During the Sami festival in February, all the village will be decorated with their flag and colours.
They will set up camp on the frozen lake giving us a taste of their lifestyle. The Sami will organize reindeer pulling on traditional wooden sledges through the ice and snow. At night you can sit on reindeer skins by the log fire listening to traditional songs and drink a beer in the Sami tent.

The  Funasdalen’s  museum celebrate the Sami culture. It was opened to  visitors in 1999 and it has  become a major attraction to visitors form all over the country. .The museum was voted the second-best in all of Europe in 2001.
 The exhibits are about the Sami people, the mountain farmers and the miners. They have lived together, side by side, for hundreds of years, but each group has managed to retain its own unique cultural characteristics.
The museum has 15000 objects from stone age  to early twentieth century and it provides a charming and interactive exhibition documenting how people have lived in the mountainous province of Härjedalen.