Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

=== After world war 2 ===

==== 1945-1949 ====

* On Tuesday, 5 February 1946, Finnmarksposten reports that tests with American track vehicles have been done on the stretch between Alta and Kautokeino, showing that they can cover the distance in 5 hours, compared to reindeer pulling pulks that take 3 days for the same distance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/28de591732596f3d78e237556655f42b?page=0&searchText=%22kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Monday, 11 November 1946, the newspaper Tromsø reports that the Swedish "nomad school inspector" [[Israel Ruong|Israel Roung]] has applied for a 4-week study stay in Kautokeino to study the Sami language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/6ad01e08a0c6fb9700ff64cff4bdafc9?page=5&searchText=%22kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 25 January 1948 the reconstruction administration's barracks burn down to the ground. The building was around 300 square meters and had been brought to Kautokeino from Sweden after the war. The sheriff's office had been located in the barracks but had just moved out.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/174621318d55b619c7fbc693567bd540?page=1&searchText=%22kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* In January and December 1948, reports are made about wolf packs of up to 30 animals killing reindeer and scattering reindeer herds in areas south of Kautokeino. A wolf attack is reported between Áidejávri and Oskal, about 20-30 kilometers from Kautokeino, killing 30-40 reindeer in January, and wolf attacks in the same area again in December.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0890db7bca9132e6ffd7cbb8bf20f28e?page=5&searchText=%22oskal%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/060a1b471926a8b81c9d4085bb56b3bb?page=1&searchText=%22oskal%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/812022889f2d63e47de1318ef5d8d8e2?page=0&searchText=%22oskal%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* In January 1949, the Ministry of Transport and Communications grants 280,000 kroner for the construction of Kautokeino guesthouse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/facc3062f418ac794bb524d98ba4bf29?page=1&searchText=%22kautokeino%20gjestgiveri%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> 280,000 kroner in 1949 equals 6.7 million kroner in 2022.<ref name="Priskalkulator">{{Cite web |title=Priskalkulator |url=https://www.ssb.no/kalkulatorer/priskalkulator |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=SSB |language=nb}}</ref>
* On Saturday, 30 July 1949, the permanent bridge over Kautokeino River in Kautokeino city center is opened for traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/2f346addbb5187e9b308ff75ac5db93c?page=1&searchText=%22kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== 1950-1959 ====

* On 1 February 1951, Nord-Norsk Hotelldrift takes over the operation of Kautokeino Guesthouse. The guesthouse has 17 rooms and 48 beds. There is no running water in the guest rooms, and heating is done with wood and coke.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d67da2169e217c68c0beba1244180aa7?page=3&searchText=%22kautokeino%20gjestgiveri%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> It is financed by the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d22cca3a89edf56fdbf9f81fa30add94?page=5&searchText=%22kautokeino%20gjestgiveri%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The guesthouse was completed in late 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/64ee52a5f60de46f82e0fc712052c333?page=3&searchText=%22kautokeino%20gjestgiveri%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The National Home Industry School for Sami, later the Sami Upper Secondary School and Reindeer Herding School, opens in Kautokeino in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Den eneste i sitt slag |url=http://skuvla.info/skolehist/eneste-n.htm |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=skuvla.info}}</ref>
* On 3 September 1952, a Widerøe Norseman plane is wrecked during landing at Gávdnjajávri inside today's Ánarjohka National Park. All four people on board escape unharmed, but the plane is completely destroyed. The plane was on assignment for the intelligence service to deliver military equipment to a depot to be used in the event of Norway being attacked by the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/3cc70d529f0c02c2d9b5cf99937b9a90?page=3&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jentoft |first=Morten |title=Døden på Kola |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2008 |isbn=978-82-05-36547-6 |pages=87 |language=no}}</ref>
* Čábardasjohka power plant opens on 15 December 1953 with a capacity of 150&nbsp;kW. The power plant supplies 400-500 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9d3d11a7688a1bf9c5ee7c15892ab524?page=0&searchText=cabardasjokka |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Sunday, 28 March 1954, the first official reindeer race is organized in Kautokeino. The event takes place in connection with the Norwegian Reindeer Herders' National Association holding its national meeting in the village. The track was about 2&nbsp;km long and went downstream from the bridge and back. The winner of the competition was Karen Anne Kemi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/cc21d2ccf2d8f8f39ee6a24871e96906?page=11&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Royal Norwegian Air Force station in Kautokeino is established in March 1955.<ref name="Nasjonalbiblioteket">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/a6777fcff031a0c87805983552784287?page=183&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Friday, 22 February 1957, the reindeer slaughterhouse in Kautokeino opens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/84b0b05ff5c34fdfe046cc19799ac73f?page=0&searchText=reinslakteriet |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8ff9e8aa70979ff885b06bc63bb0cdf5?page=0&searchText=reinslakteriet |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The film Same Jakki by [[Per Høst]], which is partly filmed in Kautokeino and is about a family from Kautokeino, premieres on Thursday, 21 March 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/095097008916df392ca48bf31366fd61?page=3&searchText=%22per%20h%C3%B8st%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Kautokeino Church is inaugurated on Sunday, 28 September 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0ac086103ea068f458cb1d75ed288ef5?page=3&searchText=%22kautokeino%20kirke%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Thursday, 23 July 1959, [[Olav V of Norway|King Olav V]] visits Kautokeino. It is the first time a Norwegian king visits the village. In the newspaper Drammens Tidende of 24 July, there is a picture of the king greeting 97-year-old Marit Hætta during the king's visit to the old-age home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_drammenstidendedrammenattenfoertifem_null_null_19590724_128_169_1 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Juhls' silver gallery is established in Kautokeino in 1959 by Frank and Regine Juhls. Regine Juhls is originally from [[East Prussia]], while Frank Juhls was from Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juhls Silver Gallery As |url=https://www.juhls.no/# |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.juhls.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/55ab48963932bfed71778e9b4f5bd61d?page=11&searchText=%22frank%20juhl%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== 1960-1969 ====

* The road from Tangen Bru in Alta via Kløfta to Suolovuopmi is put into operation on Saturday, 22 October 1960 This stretch is an all-year road and replaces the road over Bæskades, which has been closed during winter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8cbd75e8137e8a6390378aa261635df9?page=0&searchText=suolovuobme |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The road up to the Finnish border is opened for traffic on Tuesday, 8 November 1960. The last 1.7&nbsp;km up to the border is still of poor quality, but the road is passable for car traffic. Large parts of the road (37&nbsp;km of 42&nbsp;km) are financed by Kautokeino municipality through the municipal budget and through loans the municipality has taken up in the municipal bank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ae4df0150a1fc9afeb85dd6b5eed11e5?page=1&searchText=b%C3%A6skades |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The tuberculosis epidemic in Kautokeino, which has resulted in 45 confirmed tuberculosis cases since 1958, comes under control in 1961. Comprehensive and systematic X-ray screening of the population and vaccination help stop the spread. The epidemic in Kautokeino is described as the most extensive tuberculosis epidemic in Norway in the last 60 years.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Skodvin |first=Kjell Gunnar |date=16 December 2010 |title=Tuberkuloseepidemien i Guovdageaidnu – Kautokeino 1960 |url=https://tidsskriftet.no/2010/12/medisinsk-historie/tuberkuloseepidemien-i-guovdageaidnu-kautokeino-1960 |journal=Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening |language=nb |volume=130 |issue=24 |pages=2488–2493 |doi=10.4045/tidsskr.10.0143 |issn=0029-2001 |pmid=21164594 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* On Sunday, 30 December 1962, Kautokeino guesthouse burns down to the ground. No people are injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/3a3801ff829025deb4fbfcaad921e7bc?page=0&searchText=%22kautokeino%20gjestgiveri%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The population of the municipality exceeds 2000, with 2063 inhabitants as of 1 January 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |title=06913: Endringer i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1951 - 2023. Statistikkbanken |url=https://www.ssb.no/statbank/table/06913/tableViewLayout1/?loadedQueryId=10082332&timeType=item |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=SSB |language=no}}</ref>
* Guovdageainnu Sámi Searvi is established on 1 December 1963. Aslak Loso is elected as the chairman of the local association.<ref name="nb.no">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0b4128aa1875141653fb96c8096a591a?page=7&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 2 December 1963, the power line from Nord-Troms to Kautokeino opens and the power supply becomes more stable with the power supply from Kildalen power plant in addition to the Čábardasjohka power plant. The power supply to Kautokeino has been unstable with power rationing at times, this since the power production from Čábardašjohka has not been sufficient to cover the consumption in Kautokeino.<ref name="nb.no" />
* In June 1965, several newspapers report that a muskrat was shot for the first time in Norway at Gálanitu 13&nbsp;km southwest of Kautokeino<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/6f7000f4282b77426b4f9b1a4dfffa08?page=1&searchText=bisamrotte |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/51bccd961212c1d85d5cac31e4ad50e9?page=1&searchText=bisamrotte |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Thursday, 11 November 1965, the all-year road between Alta and Kautokeino opens. The road will not be officially opened until later and some additional work still remains, but the road is passable in winter, giving Kautokeino an all-year road connection to Alta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/27682eac8a5569bc9825de746cfddfff?page=0&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The tourist hotel in Kautokeino opens in July 1966. The hotel has 100 beds and costs 5 million kroner in 1966, equivalent to 59 million kroner in 2022.<ref name="Priskalkulator" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/02dbb7d0f8dbcbbfcf73c5b83760068c?page=0&searchText=%22hotellet%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/88de3d393c41bfb69252ed8371661dc5?page=0&searchText=%22hotellet%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* In the midst of the cloudberry season in 1967, a sudden bout of treacherous weather struck the mountains, catching many people off guard. On 6 August, two cloudberry pickers were reported missing in Finnmarksvidda. A 60-year-old woman from Tromsø disappeared in the Suolovuopmi area, 70 kilometers north of Kautokeino, while a 75-year-old man from Alta vanished west of Oskal, twenty kilometers south of Kautokeino.The situation worsened on the night of 7 August, when the region experienced severe weather, leading to  42&nbsp;mm of precipitation in Kautokeino. An extensive search operation was launched to locate the missing individuals. Tragically, the woman was found deceased on 11 August, while the man remained undiscovered until two years later, in August 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/170ae608970ba42fcfb4e5a3be5859f5?page=0&searchText=andvik |access-date=5 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historiske værdata for Guovdageaidnu som graf - August 1967 |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/historikk/graf/5-93700/Norge/Troms%20og%20Finnmark/Kautokeino/Guovdageaidnu?q=1967-08 |access-date=5 May 2023 |website=Yr |language=nb-no}}</ref>
* The car and construction road from Kautokeino to Biedjovággi starts at the end of June–July 1968 and opens for car traffic later in the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/5427f3581cf0b2d4678cadbb8e25ad40?page=1&searchText=biedjovagge |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/3c9a011ea9c8a335b77b6df21706e6af?page=0&searchText=biedjovagge |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/66f8ad5f677ace8fc895844fe391c40d?page=7&searchText=biedjovagge |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Saturday, 19 April 1969, Crown Princess Sonja and [[Harald V of Norway|Crown Prince Harald]] visit Kautokeino. They arrive from Karasjok, partly by snowmobile, snowmobile-driving, and the final stretch by helicopter. On Sunday, 20 April, they attend a church service in Kautokeino Church, before visiting the mining area in Biedjovággi, 40 kilometeres north of Kautokeino, which is under construction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/68670fdb04c9b0f60cd9e98507528428?page=7&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== 1970-1979 ====

* Biedjovággi mines open their first operating period in 1970.<ref name="Askheim">{{Citation |last=Askheim |first=Svein |title=Bidjovagge |date=21 March 2021 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Bidjovagge |access-date=4 May 2023 |language=no}}</ref>
* Kautokeino Easter Festival is organized for the first time in Kautokeino in 1971<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tale til åpning av samisk påskefetival i Kautokeino - Sametinget |url=https://sametinget.no/aktuelt/tale-til-apning-av-samisk-paskefetival-i-kautokeino.20363.aspx |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=sametinget.no}}</ref>
* The [[Nordic Sámi Institute|Nordic Sami Institute]] is established in 1973 and placed in Kautokeino.
* On Monday, 25 November 1974, a referendum is held on whether it should be legal to sell beer in stores in Kautokeino. 393 vote against and 192 voted yes. Approximately 40% of eligible voters cast their vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d126f738e738ff0ea3d9827af4068421?page=5&searchText=%22%C3%B8lsalg%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Biedjovággi mines close for the first time due to low copper prices in 1975.<ref name="Askheim" />
* Kautokeino municipal council opposes the development plans for the Alta-Kautokeino watershed when the issue was discussed in the municipal council on 19 January 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/6acd2dda0cd50ebaa37659652ad601ab?page=19&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Kautokeino School Board decides to maintain the [[joik]] ban in the school, which was adopted in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ff7d40ee5ff3b37563b3f5bd61a00c60?page=0&searchText=%22joik%22 |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 1 November 1976, national road 92 between Karasjok and Kautokeino is opened for car traffic on the last remaining section; thus reducing the shortest car route between the two places from 378 kilometers to 146 kilometers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/5f57ef1d57ca5f7d130d8ec76959e9ea?page=0&searchText=%22indre%20riksvei%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Sámi Education Council is established in 1977 and the secretariat is placed in Kautokeino.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/40da92ea522a320fe402a3f460ba9197?page=3&searchText=%22samisk%20utdanningsr%C3%A5d%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 30 November 1978, the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) decides to develop the Kautokeino-Alta watershed. This led to major protests and is later known as the opposition to the development of the Kautokeino-Alta watershed. The investment cost estimate was 600 million Norwegian kroner, corresponding to 3,1 billion Norwegian kroner in 2023.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="Priskalkulator" />

==== 1980-1989 ====
* On Monday, 16 February 1981, a torchlight procession is organized in Kautokeino under the auspices of the People's Campaign against the development of the Alta-Kautokeino watershed. About 250 people participate in the torchlight procession. Counter-demonstrators try to prevent the torchlight procession by blocking the road with cars and throwing a smoke bomb into the procession. No people are harmed, and no further confrontations occur between the groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/2d986526987b223f128625729604edb8?page=5&searchText=%22fakkeltog%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Tuesday, 3 March 1981, the municipal council decides to give equal status to Guovdageaidnu and Kautokeino as place names. Previously, the name has only been Kautokeino. The majority in the municipal council is as narrow as possible with 10 votes against 9. The minority argued that the official name should still be Kautokeino, but that the use of Sámi place names in the municipality would be allowed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/cc60c4f933181c61b8dfee6b729a23e1?page=13&searchText=guovdageaidnu |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The new cultural center and environmental building will be opened on Saturday, 13 June 1981. The building houses a cinema/theater hall, the public library in Kautokeino, the Nordic Sami Institute, and the Sami Education Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/29403ffcc917c5076cdcf95c6f82e769?page=1&searchText=milj%C3%B8bygget |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The building cost a total of 18 million kroner in 1981,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/f3b23634551e57d7f7e9f26689c9c733?page=5&searchText=milj%C3%B8bygget |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> equivalent to 68 million in 2022.<ref name="Priskalkulator" />
* [[Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter]] is established in Kautokeino  in 1981 and is located in the new cultural center and environmental building.
* The new reindeer slaughterhouse will be opened on Friday, 11 December 1981, by Minister of Agriculture [[Johan C. Løken]]. The slaughterhouse cost 32 million in 1981, equivalent to 120 million kroner in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8c8e55481ae4e819bb5b62f319741140?page=15&searchText=%22reinslakteriet%20i%20kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref name="Priskalkulator" />
* In February 1982, a unanimous Supreme Court concludes that the development decision regarding the development of the Kautokeino-Alta river system is valid.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/bdedd01b378235bb9840ba4130b0a378?page=0&searchText=%22h%C3%B8yesterett%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The Finnish industrial company [[Outokumpu|Outokumpu Oy]] opens the second operating period of the Biedjovággi mines in 1985.<ref name="Askheim" />
* [[Alta Hydroelectric Power Station|Alta power plant]], where the reservoir is Virdnejávri in Kautokeino municipality, is opened in 1987.
* On 1 January 1988, the operations center at the Air Force Station in Kautokeino is closed. The number of employees is reduced from 63 to 21. The number of conscript soldiers in Kautokeino has been about 40 people, so the station has consisted of about 100 people in total before the reorganization.<ref name="Nasjonalbiblioteket" /> The Armed Forces move out of the buildings in Kautokeino city center. The buildings are later taken over by the Sami University College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/49bf095eac00f1e60975d9699908b8ff?page=13&searchText=forsvaret |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* [[Ellen Inga O. Hætta]] becomes Kautokeino's first female mayor in 1988.
* [[Ole Henrik Magga]] from Kautokeino becomes the first Sami Parliament President in Norway after the first Sami Parliament election in September 1989.
* [[Sámi University of Applied Sciences|Sami University College]] opens on 1 November 1989.

==== 1990-1999 ====

* [[Sámi Grand Prix|Sami Grand Prix]] is held for the first time in Kautokeino in 1990.
* On Thursday, 11 October 1990, a [[Bell 206|Bell 206 JetRanger]] with two people on board crashed about 2 miles west of Suolovuopmi in Kautokeino municipality. Both people on board died in the crash. The helicopter was on its way from [[Kvænangen Municipality|Kvænangen]] to [[Masi, Norway|Masi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/fffe6f01215ef8acf600647d61c2a3c2?page=15&searchText=helikopterstyrt |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Biedjovággi mines shut down for the second time on 20 September 1991. 110 people lose their jobs, 50 people associated with the mine itself and the rest employees of subcontractors.<ref name="Askheim" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/e10c2fe0b4181f74874e8d30036f826a?page=13&searchText=%22biedjovagge%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> During the second operating period from 1985 to 1991, a total of 24,000 tonnes of copper and 6,000&nbsp;kg of gold were extracted from the Biedjovággi mines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mineralressurser |url=https://geo.ngu.no/kart/mineralressurser_mobil/?map=Metaller&extent=827405,7650932,831650,7653300 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=geo.ngu.no |language=no}}</ref> For comparison, 40,000 tonnes of copper were extracted from the Nye Storwartz mines in Røros during the operating period that extended from 1708 to 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mineralressurser |url=https://geo.ngu.no/kart/mineralressurser_mobil/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=geo.ngu.no |language=no}}</ref>
* The population of the municipality exceeds 3,000, with 3,011 inhabitants as of 1 January 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=06913: Endringer i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1951 - 2023. Statistikkbanken |url=https://www.ssb.no/system/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=SSB |language=no}}</ref>
* On Friday, 7 August 1992, King Harald and Queen Sonja visit Kautokeino during their consecration tour in Northern Norway. The royal couple arrives by helicopter and stays in Kautokeino for about 3 hours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/20de73cf70445872c2d61ab7f9a8aa26?page=11&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Báktehárji multi-purpose hall opens in November 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/1b9075059e26a0a4aa64f6b0abbf19d7?page=19&searchText=bakteharji |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Rigoberta Menchú|Rigoberto Menchu Tum]] visits Kautokeino in December and participates in a church service on Sunday, 13 December 1992. She is invited by Sami Parliament President Ole Herik Magga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/0fc40819414a00da7cdc18ec32c8a170?page=1&searchText=%22menchu%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Thursday, 28 October 1993, beer is available for purchase over the counter in Kautokeino for the first time in over 20 years when the new beer outlet opens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8da61cd32b9fb71e5668138bc1acdb93?page=5&searchText=%22johan%20henrik%20buljo%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Spring hunting for ducks is opened in Kautokeino in 1994, initially as a three-year trial arrangement. The arrangement is later continued. Spring duck hunting has traditions in Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eikelmann |first=Isak |title=Andejakten (Lodden) - Guovdageainnu suohkan |url=https://www.guovdageainnu.suohkan.no/tjenester/naturforvaltning/jakt/andejakt/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.guovdageainnu.suohkan.no |language=nb}}</ref>
* The Air Force's Kautokeino station is closed as a separate unit on 1 August 1995 and is placed under the 131st Air Wing Sørreisa. The number of employees is reduced from 21 to 13, and there are no longer conscript soldiers in Kautokeino; there were 5 conscript soldiers in Kautokeino when the station closed down.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/85b83b4c486cfd0cd13e9fdca6c9ffc7?page=9&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The [[Dalai Lama]] visits Kautokeino during Pentecost 1996. He leaves Kautokeino on the second day of Pentecost, 27 May 1996. In Kautokeino, he meets the Sami Parliament presidents of Norway (Ole Henrik Magga), Sweden (Ingwar Åhren), and Finland ([[Pekka Aikio]]). In a joint statement, the three Sami parliaments condemn China's human rights violations against the Tibetan people, stating that [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]] is an occupied country and that China's occupation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/391663cd39560fb28c04481847e0b8fa?page=1&searchText=%22dalai%20lama%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* The peak number of inhabitants in the municipality as of 1 January 1997, with 3,176 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=06913: Endringer i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1951 - 2023. Statistikkbanken |url=https://www.ssb.no/system/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=SSB |language=no}}</ref>
* On Sunday, 6 April 1997, [[Børre Knudsen]] is "ordained as a bishop" in Strandebarm deanery. The ordination takes place in Kautokeino Church and is highly controversial. Parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo in Kautokeino supports Børre Knudsen in the conflict with the Norwegian Church. The dispute revolves around views on abortion and homosexuality, where Børre Knudsen is supported by parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo in the opinion that the Norwegian Church has a too liberal view on these issues.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/76c2ab966fbf9368fb91a9718f787e81?page=3&searchText=%22b%C3%B8rre%20knudsen%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Friday, 2 July 1998, Church Minister [[Jon Lilletun]] decides to file a dismissal case against parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo due to the conflict between the parish priest and Bishop [[Ola M. Steinholt|Ola Steinholt.]] Olav Berg Lyngmo has, among other things, not accepted the bishop as his spiritual leader.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_altaposten_null_null_19980703_30_149_1 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On Saturday, 9 October 1999, Hættas landhandel closes its doors for the last time. The store reopens as Rema 1000 in December of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7aff546f414da87ef4f0ea785b059057?page=5&searchText=H%C3%A6ttas%20landhandel |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>