Knud Leem

Sami noaidi with a drum used for runic divination (meavrresgárri). Illustrations printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode in Florence, after drawings made by Knud Leem for Beskrivelse over Finnmarkens Lapper (1767)

Knud Leem (13 February 1697 – 27 February 1774) was a Norwegian priest and linguist, most known for his work with the Sami people and the Sami languages.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rolf Grankvist: Knut Leem Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, snl.no, retrieved December 10, 2012
  2. ^ Knud Leem: an accidental ethnologist in Lapland (History Today Ltd.)