Norway in legal quandary after wind turbines ruled a threat to reindeer herder rights

FILE PHOTO: A Sami reindeer herder tends to his flock on the Finnmark Plateau, Norway, June 16, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway faces hard choices over the future of two major wind farms stripped of their licences for jeopardising the way of life of Sami reindeer herders, but it remains unclear whether they should be dismantled, the energy minister said.

While herders in the Fosen region of coastal central Norway have called for the giant machines to be removed and the landscape restored, the owners said they hope to apply for a new licence that would not violate Sami rights.