The Norwegian Sámi Mission had its headquarters in Trondheim for nearly a hundred years. The organization was originally established in Tromsø in 1888 under the name Norsk Finnemisjon (Norwegian Finnish Mission), and in its early years, this missionary society was partly driven by resistance to the Norwegianization policy. One of the main goals was the publication of Sámi-language Bibles. The organization was primarily founded through the initiative of a group of high-ranking clergy, but in the early years, only Sámi people were employed as missionaries. The first of these was Mikkel Esaiasen from Finnmark. At this time, the organization had decided that only Northern Norway would be its mission field, but the scope was expanded in the years after 1900, and in 1916, the headquarters was even moved to Trondheim. In the first years up to the war, the mission society was based in Dronningens gate, then for a time in Søndre gate, but from 1973, it moved to Sommergården/Svaneapoteket. In 1966, the organization changed its name from Norsk finnemisjonsselskap (Norwegian Finnish Mission Society) to Norges Samemisjon (Norwegian Sámi Mission).