Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

=== 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>

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