What were the relations of the Sami and Germanic peoples of Scandinavia like during the Dark Ages. What about the time that followed then until now?

by KatsumotoKurier

I'm aware that there's a native people in Scandinavia, and I know relations with them nowadays tend to be good. However I'm curious what those relations were like 200 years ago, 500, and even 1000 years ago.

Mediaevumed

I've answered this a few times, check out these two threads:

Did the Sami and the Vikings Fight

Relations between Vikings and Sami

Also, the periodization I am answering for (what you call the "Dark Ages") is more correctly called the "Germanic Iron Age" (c. 400-c.800) and the "Viking Age" (c. 800-1100). Maybe someone else can give you some more to go on for the later medieval, early modern, and modern periods.