Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

==History==
=== The ice age ===
The area where the Kautokeino settlement is located became ice-free approximately 10,500 years ago after the last [[Ice age]]. The northern part of today's Kautokeino municipality became ice-free first, approximately 500–800 years before the area where the settlement of Kautokeino is located today. The ice edge retreated south before disappearing completely from [[Fennoscandia]] 9,600 years ago, most recently in [[Sarek National Park|Sarek]] in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stroeven |first=Arjen P. |last2=Haettestrand |first2=Clas |last3=Kleman |first3=Johan |last4=Heyman |first4=Jakob |last5=Fabel |first5=Derek |last6=Fredin |first6=Ola |last7=Goodfellow |first7=Bradley W. |last8=Harbor |first8=Jonathan M. |last9=Jansen |first9=John D. |last10=Olsen |first10=Lars |last11=Caffee |first11=Marc W. |last12=Fink |first12=David |last13=Lundqvist |first13=Jan |last14=Rosqvist |first14=Gunhild C. |last15=Strømberg + Jansson |first15=Bo+Krister N. |year=2016 |title=Deglaciation of Fennoscandia |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |publisher=Elseiver |volume=147 |pages=105 |bibcode=2016QSRv..147...91S |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.09.016 |s2cid=43158326 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free |hdl=1956/11701}}</ref>

=== The Stone Age ===
In Kautokeino there are traces of human activity stretching back 7,000&ndash;9,000 years. The people entering the Kautokeino area when the ice retreated has belonged to one of the three main genetic groups in the postglacial period of early Europe; [[Eastern Hunter-Gatherer]]s, [[Western Hunter-Gatherer]]s or the [[Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherers]]. At Kautokeino church, arrowheads have been found where the dating extends over a large period of time. The oldest arrowheads date to 5000&ndash;7000 BC, while the youngest date to 1000&ndash;000 BC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Blom |first=Jon Gunnar |date=2021 |title=Gáidnomanjávri Sikringsundersøkelse av aktivitetsområder fra steinalder ved Kautokeino kirkested |url=https://uit.no/Content/753787/cache%3D20222601171738/UMAK_2020_G%C3%A1idnomanj%C3%A1vri%20Rapport.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Tromsø Museums Rapportserie |language=no |volume=62 |issue=University in Tromsø |pages=18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826181757/https://uit.no/Content/753787/cache=20222601171738/UMAK_2020_G%C3%A1idnomanj%C3%A1vri%20Rapport.pdf |archive-date=26 August 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> In 2020, the [[University of Tromsø]] conducted archaeological excavations at Gáidnomanjávri I Kautokeino, approximately 300 meters northeast of the church. There, among other things, burnt bone remains were found, the oldest of which were dated to 4846-5009 BC.<ref name=":0" />

In Juntevađđa, about 10 kilometers north of Kautokeino, archaeological excavations were carried out in 2018. The results from the samples show that there has been human activity in the area which has been dated back to 5560&ndash;5520 BC, [[mesolithic]] period. Among other things, bone remains of [[reindeer]] were identified.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Niemi |first=Anja Roth |last2=Oppvang |first2=Janne |title=Juntavadda Undersøkelse av sein-mesolittiske aktivitetsområder i Kautokeino k./Guovdageaidnu s. |url=https://uit.no/Content/652423/cache=20193110121841/Rapport%20Juntavadda%202019_liten.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Tromura 2019 |language=no |volume=54 |issue=TROMSØ MUSEUMS RAPPORTSERIE NR. 54 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825193626/https://uit.no/Content/652423/cache=20193110121841/Rapport%20Juntavadda%202019_liten.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2022 |access-date=28 August 2022 |via=uit.no}}</ref>

=== The Iron Age ===
Junttevađđa has traces of human activity spanning a long period of time. In 1967, the archaeologist Povl Simonsen excavated at Junttevađđa, where he uncovered a total of 10 stone piles that lay in a row at intervals of between 5 and 13 metres. He found layers of charcoal in the stone piles, and thought these were fire pits. These stone piles are dated to approximately AD 1050.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simonsen |first=Povl |date=1979 |title=Juntavadda og Assebakte : to utgravninger på Finnmarksvidda - Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/0a75011fb0647c5f09120d75753e353f?lang=no |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826192210/https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/0a75011fb0647c5f09120d75753e353f?lang=no |archive-date=26 August 2022 |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no |page=11 |language=no}}</ref> However, later research has concluded that it is not fire pits, but solid hearths associated with tent settlements that have been used by the Sami population.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hedman |first=Sven-Donald |last2=Olsen |first2=Bjørnar |last3=Maria |first3=Vretemark |date=24 January 2015 |title=Hunters, herders and hearths: interpreting new results from hearth row sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway |url=https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3334/3220 |url-status=live |journal=Rangifer |volume=35 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.7557/2.35.1.3334 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826192213/https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/3334/3220 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |access-date=28 August 2022 |via=Septentrio |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free |hdl=10037/8697}}</ref>

=== 1550&ndash;1751 ===
Until 1751, Kautokeino was part of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norgeshistorie |first=Om |last2=Institutt for arkeologi |first2=konservering og historie (IAKH) ved UiO |title=Noregs grenser: det historiske målebord - Norgeshistorie |url=https://www.norgeshistorie.no/kirkestat/1124-noregs-grenser-det-historiske-malebord.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.norgeshistorie.no |language=no}}</ref>

In 1695, Kautokeino was part of a [common district,] ''fellesdistriktet''<ref name=1695taxCensus/> - which consisted of Kautokeino and [[Ávjovárre]]. The same year, the size of the population of ''fellesdistriktet'' was recorded as 36 families (recorded by the census performed by tax authorities, and that has later been estimated to likely indicate around 150–200 persons in ''fellesdistriktet'').<ref name="1695taxCensus">Kristian E. Johnsen. https://www.sagat.no/debatt/nsr-og-befolkningen-i-finnmark/19.37508. [[Ságat]].no. Retrieved 27 March 2023. "1690 [...] . De som bodde i fellesdistriktet var ikke med i Adelaer-manntallet. Ifølge skattemanntallene for 1695 i Kautokeino og Ávjovárre utgjorde det totale antallet familier 36. Antall individer utgjorde trolig 150–200 mennesker."</ref>

From 1553, [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa's]] bailiffs began systematic taxation of the Sami in the Kautokeino area.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=P.L |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=19&searchText=skatt |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no |pages=3, 7}}</ref> There are tax lists from 1553 to 1608, except for the year 1565. In addition, there is an overview of the population and accounting list for 1553. Peter Lorenz Smith writes in the book Kautokeino og Kautokeino lappene: a historical and ergological regional study from 1938 that the "lapp village" in Kautokeino had 8 people in the tax man count in 1553. Today, the term [[siida]] is used for what Smith called "lapp village". He further estimates the total population of the Kautokeino siida to 48 people based on an assumption of 6 people per household.<ref name=":1" /> In the Swedish tax accounts from 1553, Kautokeino is called the town of Kwothekyla. Smith believes it may be a combination of the words goahti (Sami for a large tent) and kylla(sic) (kylä, Finnish for hamlet).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=11&searchText=goatte |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The siida was located on Goahtedievva, which is near today's Kautokeino church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=11&searchText=kirkested |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Findings from the Stone Age to our time show that the area has been influenced by human activity for 9,000 years.<ref name=":0" />

In addition to the siida in Kautokeino, there was also a siida at Lahpojávri within today's Kautokeino municipality. In 1553 there were 6 people in the tax census and with Smith's assumption of 6 people per household a population of 36 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=23&searchText=lappojavrre |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

The first priest to hold a service in Kautokeino was Johannes Torneaus from [[Övertorneå Municipality|Övertorneå.]] This happened in 1641. The service was held in a small log cabin that had just been set up. It is said to have been Kautokeino's first wooden building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=61&searchText=prest |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Today, the rest of this log cabin is preserved in the Kautokeino museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the museum |url=https://rdm.no/en/kautokeino_bygdetun/om-museet/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=rdm.no |language=en-US}}</ref>

The first resident priest was Swedish Amund Isaksen Curtelius. He wintered in [[Masi, Norway|Masi]] from 1674 to 1675.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=65&searchText=curtelius |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>  He was succeeded by Johan Tornberg. In 1682 he was again succeeded by his brother, Anders Nicolai Tornensis.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Strømstad |first=Alf |title=Slekter i Indre Finnmark : de eldste generasjoner (1. opplag utg.). |publisher=Alf Strmsdat |year=2006 |isbn=82-996598-1-7 |edition=1st |location=Hvalstad |language=no}}</ref> Tornensis had a vicarage built in Kautokeino, and started construction of Kautokeino's old church in 1701. The church was consecrated on 11 February 1703, and was named "St. Charles' Church".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011021713005 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The old Kautokeino church was consecrated as a church for 241 years and 296 days before it was burned down by the German occupation forces on 3 December 1944,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hætta |first=Odd Mathis |title=Samebygder på Finnmarksvidda |publisher=Hætta, Odd Mathis |year=2016 |isbn=978-82-690262-0-7 |location=Alta |pages=254 |language=no}}</ref> and was then [[Finnmark]]'s oldest Protestant church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/4c8b86e8f07eb827edac99cecdcd8e2e?page=7&searchText=kautokeino%20og%20kautokieno%20lappene |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

There is little written source material about Kautokeino from before around 1550.<!-- From 1553, [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa's]] bailiffs began systematic taxation of the Sami in the Kautokeino area.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=P.L |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=19&searchText=skatt |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no |pages=3, 7}}</ref>-->

=== 1752&ndash;1940 ===
In 1752, church herder Johan Björkman was registered as the only permanent resident in Kautokeino. By 1756, it was reported that there were three permanent resident families at the church site: Matz Hinderson Hetta and his family, bell-ringer Michel Andersson Kemi and his family, and Oluf Andersson Tornensis and his family. The reindeer herding Sami around Kautokeino led a nomadic existence, following the migrations of the reindeer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/74cf9cb28dba7df16fc9817edc946733?page=15&searchText=kautokeinostudier |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> P.L Smith estimates in the book "Kautokeino og Kautokeino lappene" that the population in the area covering today's Kautokeino municipality was 481 people in 1754, based on church records, which he considers to be a fairly accurate census shortly after Kautokeino became part of Norway following the border drawing in 1751.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=155&searchText=grensesperringen |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

In 1845, measurements were made for [[Struve Geodetic Arc]] at the mountain tops of Lodiken (Luvdiidcohkka) and Bealjasvarri in Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuriosetet ved HiST |url=http://hit.hist.no/arkiv_3_08_bakover/HA.10-2006/REDAKSJON/teodolitten.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101091118/http://hit.hist.no/arkiv_3_08_bakover/HA.10-2006/REDAKSJON/teodolitten.html |archive-date=1 January 2015 |language=no}}</ref>

==== Russia Bans Reindeer Migration Across the Border to Finland ====
Major Emigration from Kautokeino In 1852, the border to [[Finland]] was closed to reindeer migration. This led to a significant number of reindeer herding Sami moving from Kautokeino, with a particularly large emigration to Karesuando, but many also moved to [[Skjervøy Municipality]]. P.L Smith writes in the book ''Kautokeino og Kautokeino lappene'' that 310 people moved from Kautokeino to [[Karesuando]] and Skjervøy between 1852 and 1889, taking with them approximately 25 to 30 thousand reindeer. It is estimated that about 60 people later moved back to Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9e7e3477d1d0c26e31a0cd678f0c4c77?page=279&searchText=grensesperringen |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

In 1852, Kautokeino was the site of a [[Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu|Sami uprising]] against representatives of the Norwegian authorities. This was one of the few violent reactions by the Sami against the exploitation policies of the Norwegian government and was the only known confrontation between Samis and Norwegians with loss of human lives.

==== The first emigration to Alaska in 1894 ====
On April 10, 1894, 19 people left Kautokeino for Alaska, consisting of 6 families and 1 bachelor. The journey was organized by Willian A Kjellmann from Talvik on behalf of [[Sheldon Jackson]] in Alaska. Sheldon Jackson's purpose was to use the Sami's expertise in reindeer herding to teach this knowledge to the Inuit in Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=37 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The names of those who left from Kautokeino are listed below, organized by families: Per Aslaksen Rist and his wife Berit Anne Andersdatter Spein with their daughters Marit and Inger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22per%20aslaksen%20rist%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Johan Speinsen Tornensis, his wife Marit Grete Salomonsdatter Näkkäläjärvi, and their daughter Marit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22Johan%20speinsen%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Mikkel Josefsen Näkkälä and his wife Berit Anne Klemetsdatter Hætta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22Mikkel%20Josefsen%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Samuel Johnsen Kemi, his wife Kirsten Persdatter Bals, and their children Samuel and Karen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22Samuel%20Johnsen%20kemi%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Mathis Aslaksen Eira, his wife Berit Johannsedatter Hætta, and their son Aslak.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22Mathis%20Aslaksen%20eira%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Aslak Larsen Somby and his wife Brita Olsdatter Nango.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22aslak%20Larsen%20somby%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Bachelor Fredrik Larsen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=39&searchText=%22fredrik%20Larsen%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== The 1898 Manitoba Journey ====
Departing from Alta on February 4, 1898, the vessel Manitoba set sail for New York. It carried 539 reindeer and 113 passengers, including 44 individuals from Kautokeino, all part of the Manitoba Journey. This expedition aimed to avert starvation among [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]] gold miners by moving reindeer from Finnmark to the Klondike. Additionally, it sought to establish reindeer farming in Alaska as a means to provide a consistent food source for Alaskans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norske pionerer i Alaska - |url=https://polarhistorie.no/artikler/2012/Norske%20pionerer%20i%20Alaska.html#:~:text=I%201898%20seilte%20dampskipet%20Manitoban,kj%C3%B8pe%20inn%20reinsdyr%20til%20Alaska. |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=polarhistorie.no |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310190203/https://polarhistorie.no/artikler/2012/Norske%20pionerer%20i%20Alaska.html#:~:text=I%201898%20seilte%20dampskipet%20Manitoban,kj%C3%B8pe%20inn%20reinsdyr%20til%20Alaska. |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=61&searchText=manitoba |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=69&searchText=manitoba |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== Population Figures in 1900 ====
The year 1900 saw Kautokeino home to 267 settled Sami individuals and 522 Sami engaged in reindeer herding, making up a total population of 789.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=217&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> In total, 63 people traveled to Alaska from Kautokeino in 1894 and 1898. Relative to the population in 1900, 63 people would have constituted about 7% of the population in 1900. Some of those who traveled in 1894 and 1898 later returned to Kautokeino, so the number does not precisely indicate the proportion of the population in Kautokeino that emigrated to America permanently.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=49&searchText=%22reiste%20tilbake%22 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== Referendum on the dissolution of the union in 1905 ====
In Kautokeino, 100% of those who voted in the [[1905 Norwegian union dissolution referendum|referendum]] were in favour of Norway being a kingdom after the [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolution]] of the [[Union between Sweden and Norway|union with Sweden]]. Kautokeino was one of 2 municipalities in Norway where 100% voted for the kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/fea20f381c87eff37846e84a83803533?page=0&searchText=samenes%20historie |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== Reindeer Herding Project in Newfoundland 1908-1910 ====
On 14 December 1907, the ship Anita departed from Alta bound for [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in America. Onboard were two families from Masi in Kautokeino, a married couple from Kvalsund, and 300 reindeer. In 1909, another family from Masi joined them. The purpose of the journey was to introduce reindeer herding in Newfoundland. A total of 12 individuals from Masi made the trip in 1908 and 1909. The project concluded in 1910, and the families returned to Masi. A child was born in Newfoundland, so in total, 13 people returned to Masi in 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samer, rein og reindrift i Newfoundland {{!}} UiT |url=https://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=220274 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=uit.no |language=nb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nystad |first=Kristine |title=Vulge Newfoundlandi Boazobargin |journal=Muitalusat Ja Dahpahusat Guovdageinnus 16/ Fortellinger og Hendelser I Kautokeino 16 (Samisk). Kautokeino Historielag. |language=se |issue=16 |pages=32–34}}</ref>

==== The Otto von Rosen affair ====
Between 15 and 20 January 1917, the Swedish Baron [[Otto von Rosen]] was arrested in what is now the Kautokeino municipality or in today's Karasjok municipality, near the border with Finland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/e76fbe98c0042b348e02ebad24fb845f?page=3&searchText=%22von%20rosen%22 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> He was suspected of espionage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_romerikesblad_null_null_19170202_16_9_1 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_oestfinmarkensfolkeblad_null_null_19170205_6_10_1 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagbladet_null_null_19170202_49_32_1 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> He was sent to Kristiania (now Oslo) and released in February 1917 without conviction but expelled to Sweden. It turned out that when his luggage was searched, it contained spy equipment and a sugar cube containing anthrax bacteria. This was confirmed by analysis 80 years later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/00fa697208fce45cacf0fa7a8ea2b2f8?page=27&searchText=%22otto%20von%20rosen%22 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Otto von Rosen had been mentioned in newspapers for suspicious activity in the Karesuando area earlier in January, and was then suspected of being a German spy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/44acdd70d0c5905ee26ba43709995ee9?page=1&searchText=%22von%20rosen%22 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> Finland in 1917 was part of the Russian Empire and at war with Germany. The distance between Karesuando and Kautokeino is approximately 70 kilometers in a straight line.

==== The Spanish flu 1919 ====
Kautokeino was severely affected by a wave of the [[Spanish flu]] in January 1919; that month, 24 people died in the municipality, corresponding to 2.2% of the population.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Nygaard |first=Ingrid Hellem |title=Isolerte samfunn? Spanskesyken i Kautokeino og Karasjok (1918-20) Masteroppgave i historie ved lektorutdanningen 8-13, HIS-3980, mai 2021 |url=https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/22082/thesis.pdf?sequence=2 |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> In 1920, Kautokeino had a population of 979 people.<ref name=":7" />

==== Telephone to Kautokeino ====
Kautokeino was connected to the country's telephone network in October 1919 when the telephone line to Alta was completed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/2960d437b32e61eb489f4d939628d8dc?page=1&searchText=%22kautokeino%22 |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== Reindeer Herding Project in Baffin Island 1921-1923 ====
In 1921, 3 families from Masi and 1 bachelor from Kautokeino were recruited for a reindeer herding project in [[Baffin Island]], Canada, under the auspices of the [[Hudson's Bay Company|Hudson Bay Company]]. The group, consisting of 13 people and 600-700 reindeer, departed from Alta on 19 October 1921, aboard the ship [[SS Nascopie|Nascobie]]. Their destination was [[Amadjuak]] Bay on Baffin Island, and the purpose of this reindeer herding project was the same as previous ones involving reindeer in America, namely to introduce domestic reindeer herding and thus ensure a stable food supply for the residents. The project concluded in 1923, and all participants returned home to Masi and Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nystad |first=Kristine |title=Baffinsullui bálkáhuvvon oahpahit inuihtaideboazodoalu 1921-1923 |journal=Muitalusat ja dáhpahusat Guovdageainnus 15/ Fortellinger og hendelser i Kautokeino 15 |language=se |volume=15 |pages=60–67}}</ref>

==== Reindeer herding project at the mouth of the Mackenzie River from 1931 ====
3 families from Kautokeino traveled to the northern coast of [[Canada]], to the area where the [[Mackenzie River]] flows into the sea, near the present-day town of [[Inuvik]], which was founded later in 1953. The group totaled 10 people.<ref name="ooj">{{Cite book |last=Johansen |first=Dag Ove |title=Landet Bakom |publisher=Bondens Forlag |year=2022 |isbn=978-82-90044-36-2 |edition=2 |location=Rognan}}</ref> The purpose of this project, too, was to introduce reindeer herding and secure a stable food supply for the local population.<ref name=ooj/> Two of the families returned to Kautokeino after 5 and 7 years, while one family remained in Canada, and their descendants continued reindeer herding in the area until recently.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rensberg |first=Vaino Natasha |date=2015-11-06 |title=Tonje Blomseth vurderte å flytte til Canada for å overta 4500 rein |url=https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/tonje-blomseth-vurderte-a-flytte-til-canada-for-a-overta-4500-rein-1.12638813 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=161&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The reindeer were sourced from [[Alaska]], and the chief herder who led the reindeer from Alaska to the mouth of the Mackenzie River was Anders Bær, born in the mountains between Kautokeino Municipality and [[Karasjok Municipality]], with a father from Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/43bcab8c203342aaa9513c72111ff623?page=145&searchText=anders%20b%C3%A6r |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> He had emigrated to Alaska in 1898. The journey from Alaska to the mouth of the Mackenzie River took 5 years, from 1929 to 1935. Anders Bær earned the nickname "the Arctic Moses" after leading the reindeer to Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-16 |title=Remembering 'The Arctic Moses' {{!}} Viking Fest |url=https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/remembering-the-arctic-moses-viking-fest/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Kitsap Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Crown Prince couple visits Kautokeino ====
On Tuesday, 27 March 1934, [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince Olav]] and [[Princess Märtha of Sweden|Crown Princess Märtha]] arrived in Kautokeino. The Crown Prince couple stayed in Kautokeino until Thursday, 29 March (Maundy Thursday), before continuing to Karasjok. In Kautokeino, the royal couple was greeted by 80 children who sang three songs in Sami to honor their arrival. On Maundy Thursday, the Crown Prince couple attended a service at Kautokeino Old Church from 1701 before departing further to Karasjok.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/00f62341b01b9cb1f361077855210088?page=1&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

==== Nomadic life ====
Adolf Steen writes in his book Kautokeino Studies that in the 1930s there was one winter house in the eastern mountains, which means that the vast majority of reindeer-herding Sami still lived in [[lavvu]] (traditional Sami tents) and gamme (turf huts) all year round.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/74cf9cb28dba7df16fc9817edc946733?page=15&searchText=kautokeinostudier |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref>

=== World War 2 ===

==== 1940&ndash;1943 ====
During the war at the [[Battles of Narvik|Narvik front]] in the spring of 1940, at least four soldiers from Kautokeino took part; they belonged to the [[Alta Battalion]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Hætta Eriksen |first=Edel |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/1225dc74e14de4cf78e563dfb2c6b843?page=53&searchText=kautokeino%20historielag |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no |page=52}}</ref>

In August 1940, four German soldiers came to Kautokeino by riverboat; they were the first German soldiers on the scene. They traveled again, and there was no permanent German presence in Kautokeino until the winter of 1941. Then they requisitioned the boarding school for accommodation.<ref name=":3" />

A Serbian prisoner of war named Bora Ivankovic was arrested by the Germans in autumn 1942 and executed in Kautokeino. Together with Petar Filipovic, he had managed to escape from the prison camp in [[Karasjok (village)|Karasjok]]. After 28 days on the run, Petar Filipovic managed to get into Sweden.<ref name="rdm">{{Cite web |title=Fangeleirer i Karasjok |url=https://rdm.no/no/fangeleirer_i_karasjok/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=RiddoDuottarMuseat |language=nb-NO}}</ref>

In 1942, the Germans planned to build a railway line through Kautokeino municipality. The line was to go via Reisadalen to Kautokeino and on to Karasjok. The railway was part of the German [[Polar Line|Polar Railway]], which was planned to run all the way from [[Fauske (town)|Fauske]] to [[Kirkenes]]. The plan was stated in 1943.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaklin |first=Asbjørn |title=Nordfronten Hitlers skjebneområde |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2006 |isbn=978-82-05-34537-9 |location=Finland |pages=143 |language=no}}</ref>

In 1943, the Germans built a [[Kautokeino Airport|field airport]] with a runway of 1,200 meters in Kautokeino. At the end of the runway there is still the wreckage of a German [[Junkers Ju 52]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junkers 52/3m Kautokeino |url=https://flyvrak.info/kautokeino.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=flyvrak.info}}</ref>

==== 1944 ====
{{see also|Liberation of Finnmark}}
The Sámi author Odd Mathis Hætta writes in the book ''Samebygder på Finnmarksvidda 2'' about 3 Serbian prisoners who had escaped from a prison camp and who were surprised and taken by the Germans and executed. This happened at Áidejávri, 30 kilometers south of Kautokeino in August 1944. The bodies were dug up and transported to Kautokeino by Norwegian soldiers in the spring of 1945.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hætta |first=Odd Mathis |title=Samebygder på Finnmarksvidda 2 |publisher=Odd Mathis Hætta |year=2016 |isbn=978-82-690262-1-4 |edition=2 |location=Alta |pages=314–315 |language=no}}</ref> It is likely that they were not Serbian prisoners but from another nationality, this since the Serbian prisoners were held captive in Karasjok from 23 July 1942 to 15 December 1942, and this incident happened two years later.<ref name="rdm" />

A German [[Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu|Focke-Wulf Fw 189]] reconnaissance aircraft made an emergency landing on 15 October 1944 at [[Flyvarjávri]] 13 kilometers south of Kautokeino. The water was named Flyvarjávri as a result of the accident, which means "plane lake" in Sámi.

In the autumn of 1944, the German 139th Mountain Brigade was stationed in and around Kautokeino. The force consisted of approximately 5,000 soldiers and had arrived in the Kautokeino area no later than 29 October 1944.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Berge |first=Kjell-Ragnar |title=Lyngenlinjen Hitlers siste skanse i Norge 1945 |publisher=Ares Forlag |year=2019 |isbn=978-82-92938-90-4 |location=Skallestad |pages=46,47,69,180 |language=no}}</ref> The 139th Mountain Brigade was formed on 5 June 1944 from the remnants of the 139th Mountain Regiment from the [[3rd Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|3rd Mountain Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gebrirgsjäger |url=https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/GebJBrigaden/GebJBrig139-R.htm |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139 |url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitHistory?UniX=2241 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.ordersofbattle.com}}</ref>  The commander of the brigade in the Kautokeino area was Colonel Schirmbacker. He was on loan from the [[6th SS Mountain Division Nord|6th SS Gebirgsjäger division]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Westrheim |first=Harry |title=Landet de brente: tvangsevakuering av Finnmark og Nord-Troms høsten 1944. |publisher=Tiden |year=1978 |isbn=8210017101 |pages=139 |language=no}}</ref> The 139th Mountain Regiment was the German unit that was about to be defeated by Norwegian forces at [[Bjørnfjell, Nordland|Bjørnfjell]] in June 1940, during the [[battles of Narvik]] before Norway had to capitulate when the Allies withdrew. [[Alta Battalion]], where soldiers from Kautokeino also participated, were among the Norwegian units that took part in the battles at Bjørnfjell. The Austrian soldier Toni Russold took part in the battle against the Alta battalion in Narvik in 1940, and was part of the force that made up the flank protection in Kautokeino in the autumn of 1944.<ref name=":4" />

The brigade's mission in Kautokeino in the autumn of 1944 was to form the flank protection for the Sturmbock-Stellung line which ran across the Finnish wedge north of [[Karesuando]]. The Germans set up positions in Kautokeino due to concerns about a potential Allied landing at Hammerfest and a subsequent assault through Alta, moving directly south towards Finland across the Finnmarksvidda. Their objective woukld be to intercept the [[20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht)|20th Mountain Army's]] 18th Army Corps during their retreat from Finland through the Finnish wedge. Additionally, they aimed to prevent Finnish or, in the worst-case scenario, Russian forces from circumventing the Strumbuck-Stellung line in Karesuando, which would allow them to breach the German positions and proceed towards the [[Lyngen (fjord)|Lyngen fjord]] in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/52a20a50444facb505841547893487a7?page=135&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> South and southwest of Kautokeino, defensive positions were established at Máttavárri, Joppevárri, Áddjit, Gálggovárri and Junkkavárri.<ref>{{Cite web |last=historielag |first=Årsmøteuttalelse GHS/Kautokeino |date=11 December 2019 |title=Om krigsminner – Kautokeino historielaget |url=https://www.ifinnmark.no/5-81-1092935 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=iFinnmark |language=no}}</ref> The last German soldiers withdrew from the position in Kautokeino on 3 January 1945. The route they followed was a makeshift cart road that went south-west from Kautokeino to Goathteluoppal, on to Hirvas in Finland and finally the road through the Finnish wedge to Skibotn in Norway.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Aarseth |first=Ola |title=Muitalusat ja dáhpáhusat Guovdageainnus 13 Kautokeino 1944-45. Da sameland brant |journal=Muitalusat ja dáhpáhusat Guovdageainnus |volume=13 |issue=Kautokeino Historielag |pages=10}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> In June 2022, shells were found in the area around the German positions from 1944 at Máttavárri, 5 kilometers south of Kautokeino.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kristensen |first=Nils Martin |title=Bombekastergranater funnet i Kautokeino |url=https://glr.no/nyheter/lokalt/bombekastergranater-funnet-i-kautokeino-15503 |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=nb-NO}}</ref> In the autumn of 1941, only 100 of the 2,000 soldiers were left from the 139th Mountain Regiment of those who had taken part in the campaign in Narvik, in that sense Toni Russold's period in the regiment and the brigade, from the campaign in Narvik all the way to Kautokeino in the autumn of 1944, must have been one of the longest.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Westrheim |first=Harry |title=Landet de brente: tvangsevakueringen av Finnmark og Nord-Troms høsten 1944 |publisher=Tiden |year=1978 |isbn=8210017101 |pages=139 |language=no}}</ref>

On 23 October 1944, a meeting was held in Kautokeino with representatives of the Germans, the Nazi police, police chief Hoem and representatives of Kautokeino municipality. The municipality reached an agreement with the Nazis and the Germans that the population of Kautokeino together with the large herds of [[reindeer]] should evacuate to the Helligskogen in [[Troms]] and meet the Germans there. The Germans wanted to take control of the reindeer herds because it constituted a large food reserve for the Germans, they wanted to prevent the Allies from getting hold of this food reserve, and because they feared that Soviet [[Red Army|red army]] could use driving reindeer for transport, in a similar way to reindeer had been used for transport on the [[Petsamo–Kirkenes offensive|Murmansk front]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nasjonalbiblioteket |url=https://www.nb.no/items/52a20a50444facb505841547893487a7?page=141&searchText=kautokeino |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=www.nb.no}}</ref> The agreement was announced to the population in Norwegian. However, the verbal order to the population was given in Sámi and there the population was asked to evacuate to Helligskogen at [[Anarjohka]] in the east. Police Chief Hoem was aware that the oral order in Sámi was different from the written order in Norwegian. The population had to leave Kautokeino by 30 November 1944. The result was that the population listened to the oral order in Sámi and failed to evacuate to the Helligskogen in Troms, instead they escaped to the [[Finnmarksvidda]] and spread out over a large area. The Germans missed out on the meat reserve that the reindeer herds would have represented, and the population avoided forced evacuation.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hætta Eriksen |first=Edel |title=Evakueringsvinteren 1944-45 |journal=Muitalusat Ja Dahpahusat Guovdageainnus |volume=13 |issue=Kautokeino historielag |pages=t}}</ref> Of Kautokeino's 1,330 inhabitants, 47 were forcibly evacuated south. The fate of two women who fell ill and were forcibly evacuated south is still unknown.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Petterson |first=Arvid |title=Fortiet fortid Tragedien Norge aldri forsto. |publisher=Gjenreisningsmuseet for Finnmark og Nord-Troms |year=2008 |isbn=978-82-997554-1-2 |location=Hammerfest |pages=147, 351 |language=no}}</ref>

Kautokeino was burned down by retreating German forces. The Germans began the burning of the Kautokeino church site on 20 November 1944, and the burning was completed in the first week of December.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaklin |first=Asbjørn |title=Brent jord, 1944-1945 : heltene, ofrene, de skyldige. |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2016 |isbn=978-82-05-48429-0 |location=Oslo |pages=193–195 |language=no}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> Of 220 buildings, 168 were burned, including the old Kautokeino church from 1701, which was burned on 3 December 1944.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hætta |first=Odd Mathis |title=Samebygder på Finnmarksvidda |publisher=Odd Mathis Hætta |year=2016 |isbn=978-82-690262-0-7 |location=Alta |pages=254 |language=no}}</ref>

=== 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>

=== 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>