Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== 1940&ndash;1943 ====
During the war at the [[Battles of Narvik|Narvik front]] in the spring of 1940, at least four soldiers from Kautokeino took part; they belonged to the [[Alta Battalion]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Hætta Eriksen |first=Edel |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/1225dc74e14de4cf78e563dfb2c6b843?page=53&searchText=kautokeino%20historielag |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no |page=52}}</ref>

In August 1940, four German soldiers came to Kautokeino by riverboat; they were the first German soldiers on the scene. They traveled again, and there was no permanent German presence in Kautokeino until the winter of 1941. Then they requisitioned the boarding school for accommodation.<ref name=":3" />

A Serbian prisoner of war named Bora Ivankovic was arrested by the Germans in autumn 1942 and executed in Kautokeino. Together with Petar Filipovic, he had managed to escape from the prison camp in [[Karasjok (village)|Karasjok]]. After 28 days on the run, Petar Filipovic managed to get into Sweden.<ref name="rdm">{{Cite web |title=Fangeleirer i Karasjok |url=https://rdm.no/no/fangeleirer_i_karasjok/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=RiddoDuottarMuseat |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

In 1942, the Germans planned to build a railway line through Kautokeino municipality. The line was to go via Reisadalen to Kautokeino and on to Karasjok. The railway was part of the German [[Polar Line|Polar Railway]], which was planned to run all the way from [[Fauske (town)|Fauske]] to [[Kirkenes]]. The plan was stated in 1943.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaklin |first=Asbjørn |title=Nordfronten Hitlers skjebneområde |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2006 |isbn=978-82-05-34537-9 |location=Finland |pages=143 |language=no}}</ref>

In 1943, the Germans built a [[Kautokeino Airport|field airport]] with a runway of 1,200 meters in Kautokeino. At the end of the runway there is still the wreckage of a German [[Junkers Ju 52]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junkers 52/3m Kautokeino |url=https://flyvrak.info/kautokeino.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=flyvrak.info}}</ref>