Unna Junná
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| genre = Children’s
| presenter = Sofia Jannok
Niillas Holmberg
| country = Finland
| language = Northern Sámi, Inari Sámi, Skolt Sámi
| num_seasons = 13
| num_episodes = 331
| first_aired = {{Start date|2007|09}}
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Unna Junná is a children's television program produced by Finnish public broadcaster Yle Sámi Radio several different Sámi languages. It was the first Sámi-language children's program on Finnish TV and it now airs in Northern, Inari, and Skolt Sámi languages.{{cite web|title=Unna Junná|publisher=Yle Areena|url=https://areena.yle.fi/1-4572617|language=fi|access-date=20 April 2020}} Since 2007, Unna Junná has aired on Yle and SVT television channels in Finland and Sweden respectively.
Program details
Each year, Yle produces thirty 15-minute episodes, half of which air in the spring and half in the fall. The show is hosted by Sámi performers Sofia Jannok and {{ill|Niillas Holmberg|fi}} and features songs, stories, and pictures using both live action and animated segments. Unna Junná traditionally airs on Sunday mornings on Yle TV2 with reruns on Yle Teema & Fem and on-demand via the Yle Areena streaming service.
History
After years of advocacy and false starts, Yle added Unna Junná to its programming schedule in September 2007. The program was initially co-produced by Yle Sámi Radio and SVT-Sápmi, but since 2011 it has been produced solely by Yle after SVT decided to focus on its own Sámi children's programming.{{cite news|title=Unna Junná — för samiska barn|date=25 February 2008|last=Fellman|first=Ida|work=Svenska Yle|url=https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2008/02/25/unna-junna-samiska-barn|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2020}}{{cite news|title=Usikker tid for "Unna Junna"|date=20 January 2011|last=Larsen|first=Dan Robert|language=no|work=NRK Sápmi|url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/usikker-fremtid-for-samisk-barne-tv-1.7471324|access-date=20 April 2020}}
Impact
Unna Junná is credited with sparking an interest in Sámi languages among children, playing an important role in the revival of endangered Sámi languages.{{cite web|title=Uhanalaiset saamen kielet elpyvät|date=April 2011|last=Kaulanen|first=Janne|work=Hiidenkivi|language=fi|url=http://www.hiidenkivi-lehti.fi/Digipaper/OldNews.aspx?id=3337|access-date=20 April 2020}} In 2010, it won the main prize for children's programming at the Finno-Ugric Peoples' Film Festival in the Republic of Komi.{{cite news|title=Unna Junná palkittiin Venäjällä|date=11 April 2010|author=|publisher=Yle|language=fi|url=http://avoinyle.fi/www/fi/tiedotteet/index.php?we_objectID=224|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114062553/http://avoinyle.fi/www/fi/tiedotteet/index.php?we_objectID=224|archive-date=14 November 2010}}
References
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External links
- YLE [https://areena.yle.fi/1-3430621 Unna Junná webpage]
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Category:Northern Sámi-language mass media
Category:Finnish children's television series
Category:Swedish children's television series
Category:2007 Finnish television series debuts