Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

=== 2000 to present ===

==== 2000-2009 ====

* On Friday, 21 January 2000, the verdict is given in the case where the state has filed a lawsuit to have parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo dismissed. The state loses the case in the district court, and the parish priest keeps his job.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> Newly appointed Church Minister [[Trond Giske]] decides on 21 March that the state will appeal the verdict where parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo is allowed to keep his job as parish priest in Kautokeino.
* On Thursday, 7 September 2000, the new health center in Kautokeino is officially opened. The health center cost 50 million kroner in 2000, equivalent to 81 million kroner in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c9b79a75eceb453922263a92cf919698?page=1&searchText=%22helsesenteret%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref name="Priskalkulator" />
* On Friday, 12 January 2001, the verdict is given in the Court of Appeals where the state has appealed the district court's decision that parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo can keep his job. The state wins the appeal case. The verdict in the Court of Appeals is unanimous, and the parish priest is stripped of his job and must additionally pay his own and the state's legal costs in the appellate court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/14239fbaf5df8ed95a391afe0a5cdcb2?page=5&searchText=%22olav%20berg%20lyngmo%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* At the end of May 2001, it becomes clear that the Supreme Court Appeals Selection Committee rejects the appeal from parish priest Olav Berg Lyngmo, so the dismissal verdict where he is stripped of his office as parish priest becomes final and legally binding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d2f2526ed96add0c943d6404f377a456?page=5&searchText=%22olav%20berg%20lyngmo%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* Mail in Store opens on Monday, 3 June 2002, in Coop Prix's premises. The post office is closed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/df1293d9294f6a1fc860b2e80f2f3358?page=9&searchText=%22post%20i%20butikk%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* On 5 December 2002, the wine monopoly opens in Kautokeino.
* Nordlandia hotel in Kautokeino burns down on 15 July 2003 and is completely destroyed. No persons were hurt in the fire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=15 July 2003 |title=Evakuert fra brennende hotell |url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/evakuert-fra-brennende-hotell-1.108793 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>
* The population of the municipality falls again below 3,000, with 2,997 inhabitants as of 1 January 2005<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>
* [[King Harald V|King Harald]] lays the foundation stone for the Sami Science Building / [[Diehtosiida]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2009 |title=Samisk Vitenskapsbygg - Diehtosiida |url=https://www.bygg.no/article/45067!/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.bygg.no |language=no}}</ref>
* Thon opens a new hotel in Kautokeino in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2008 |title=Thon Hotel Kautokeino |url=https://www.bygg.no/thon-hotel-kautokeino/35782!/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 December 2008 |title=11 nye hotell i Norge i år: Hotellboom-året |url=https://www.vg.no/i/3j1x0M |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.vg.no |language=nb}}</ref>
* The Sami College moves into a new building, [[Diehtosiida]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pulk |first=Åse |date=17 April 2009 |title=Flytter inn i nytt vitenskapsbygg |url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/flytter-inn-i-nytt-vitenskapsbygg-1.6570714 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

==== 2010-2019 ====

* On 16 December 2013, the municipal council rejected with 10 votes against 9 an application from the Swedish company Arctic Gold for permission to carry out a consequence assessment for mining in Biedjovággi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsson |first=Carl-Gøran |date=16 December 2013 |title=Kautokeino sier nei til gruve |url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/kautokeino-sier-nei-til-gruve-1.11420378 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref>
* In August 2016, the third [[Sápmi Pride]] LGBT festival was moved to Kautokeino to protest that the local church council refused to wed gays and lesbians in its church, and to protest that the lead priest for the [[parish]] said that homosexuality is something that people can rid themselves of.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larsen |first=Dan Robert |date=2 June 2016 |title=Flytter Sápmi Pride til Kautokeino |url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/flytter-sapmi-pride-til-kautokeino-1.12979294 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107003836/https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/flytter-sapmi-pride-til-kautokeino-1.12979294 |archive-date=7 January 2017 |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=NRK Sapmi |language=no}}</ref>

==== 2020-onwards ====

* In 2021, construction begins for a new elementary and secondary school. Budget of 207 million. Gross area approx. 6,000 m². Taken over by Kautokeino municipality on 16 January 2023. On 16 February, students and teachers move in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/7ec728c0e6b0649cad5d98d9d0f0333b?page=15&searchText=%22kautokeino*%20skole%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>
* In 2022, construction begins for a new joint building for [[Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter]] and the Sami High School and Reindeer Herding School. Budget of 485 million. Gross area approx. 7,000 m². Moving in on 1 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samisk videregående skole og reindriftsskole Kautokeino |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/vis/annonse/samisk_vgs_reindriftsskole_2022/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Samisk videregående skole og reindriftsskole Kautokeino |language=nb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statsbygg |url=https://www.statsbygg.no/nyheter/klart-for-samisk-teater-og-reindriftsskole |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.statsbygg.no}}</ref>
* The new elementary and secondary school is officially opened by [[Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway|Crown Prince Haakon]] on 18 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Den samiske kulturarven |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/nyhet.html?tid=218523&sek=26939 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.kongehuset.no |language=no}}</ref>
* In April 2023, the government adopts a new regulation concerning spring hunting of ducks in Kautokeino. The quota is set at 500 ducks, with species such as the [[tufted duck]], [[common goldeneye]], [[red-breasted merganser]], and [[common merganser]] being huntable, and the hunting period is set to last 15 days between 5 May and 6 June. In connection with the announcement of the regulation, Minister of Climate and Environment [[Espen Barth Eide]] states that spring duck hunting has been important in Sami tradition for gaining access to food after winter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=miljødepartementet |first=Klima-og |date=4 April 2023 |title=Tredobler kvoten for vårjakt på ender |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/tredobler-kvoten-for-varjakt-pa-ender/id2970917/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
* In connection with the NATO exercise [[Nordic Response]] 2024, the three defense ministers of Norway ([[Bjørn Arild Gram]]), Sweden ([[Pål Jonson]]), and Finland ([[Antti Häkkänen]]) met on 9 March 2024, at the Kivilompolo border crossing to mark the crossing of Swedish and Finnish forces into Norway and Kautokeino as NATO members. The force that crossed the border was a combined Swedish-Finnish division of about 5000 soldiers with accompanying vehicles, including, among other things, tanks and rocket artillery. This is the first time in history that a NATO exercise in Kautokeino involves the crossing into Norway by Finnish and Swedish forces as NATO members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swedish forces exercise in northern Norway as the country officially joins NATO |url=https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2024/03/sweden-becomes-natos-32nd-member |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=The Independent Barents Observer |language=en}}</ref>