Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== 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>