Hansen, Lars Ivar: The Sámi, State Subjugation and Strategic InteractionIndividual mobility within multicultural networks During the second half of the 16th century, there were still no fixed borders drawn in northern Fennoscandia, but the surrounding states (Denmark Norway, Sweden & the principality of Moscow) collected tax from the Smi in a common taxation area. Merchants from the trading networks attached to these three states also met regularly with the Smi, in order to buy demanded products from the Smi, and furnish