Sámi boys wrestling in nomad school, 1942 by Anna Riwkin-Brick

This photo shows Sámi schoolboys wrestling in the snow at a nomad school in Lappland. Anna Riwkin-Brick took it in 1942 during one of her reportage trips to northern Sweden, where she documented the life of the Sámi people.

During the 1940s, Sámi children were forced into boarding schools as part of a Swedish assimilation policy. These schools aimed to suppress Sami culture and language, leading to a loss of cultural identity for many Sámi people.

As a leading photojournalist of her era, Anna Riwkin-Brick captured the essence of her time, both in Sweden and internationally. Her most noted work is her series of photobooks called Children Everywhere, in which she documented children growing up in various cultures around the world. Astrid Lindgren wrote the texts for many of these books.