Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== 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>