Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==== 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>