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Kautokeino kommune
Guovdageainnu suohkan
Municipality
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Troms og Finnmark within
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Kautokeino within Troms og Finnmark
Kautokeino within Troms og Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°00′42″N 23°02′36″E / 69.01167°N 23.04333°E / 69.01167; 23.04333Coordinates: 69°00′42″N 23°02′36″E / 69.01167°N 23.04333°E / 69.01167; 23.04333
CountryNorway
CountyTroms og Finnmark
Established1851
 • Preceded byKistrand Municipality
Administrative centreKautokeino
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Hans Isak Olsen (LL)
Area
 • Total9,707.34 km2 (3,748.02 sq mi)
 • Land8,968.86 km2 (3,462.90 sq mi)
 • Water738.48 km2 (285.13 sq mi)  7.6%
 • Rank#1 in Norway
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,877
 • Rank#235 in Norway
 • Density0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Decrease −1.7%
DemonymKautokeinoværing[1]
Official languages
[2]
 • Norwegian formBokmål
 • Sámi formNorthern Sami
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5430
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Kautokeino (Norwegian: Kautokeino; Northern Sami: Guovdageaidnu [ˈkuo̯vːtaˌkea̯jːtnuː]; Kven: Koutokeino; Finnish: Koutokeino)[3] is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villages include Láhpoluoppal and Máze.

The 9,707-square-kilometre (3,748 sq mi) municipality is the largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Kautokeino is the 235th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,877. The municipality's population density is 0.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.78/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino is one of two cultural centers of Northern Sápmi today (the other being Kárášjohka-Karasjok). The most significant industries are reindeer herding, theatre/movie industry, and the public education system. Kautokeino is one of the coldest places in the Nordics.

General information

View of the village of Kautokeino

The municipality of Kautokeino was established in 1851 when the southern part of the old Kistrand municipality was separated to form this new municipality. Initially, there were 869 residents in the new municipality. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time.[6]

On 1 January 2020, the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county. Previously, it had been part of the old Finnmark county.[7]

Name

The first element in Guovdageaidnu is guovda which means "middle" or "half" and the last element is geaidnu which means "road". Combined it means "half way", since the location is halfway between two traditional migrating points. It is also the geographic centre of Northern Sápmi. Kautokeino is a Finnicized form of the Sámi name Guovdageaidnu, and it is also used by Norwegians.

The name of the municipality was Kautokeino until 1987 when it was changed to Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino.[8] It was the first municipality in Norway to get a Sami name. In 2005, the name was again changed, such that either Guovdageaidnu or Kautokeino can be used.[9]

Coat of arms

The Coat of arms of Kautokeino were granted on 4 September 1987. The arms show a gold-colored lavvu on a blue background. The lavvu (often spelled as 'lavvo') is still in use by reindeer herders who follow their herds according to the season and food availability of food for the animals, and so it was chosen as the symbol for the municipality.[10]

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 Fennoscania 9,600 years ago, most recently in Sarek in Sweden.[11]

The stone age

In Kautokeino there are traces of human activity stretching back 7,000–9,000 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-Gatherers ,Western Hunter-Gatherers 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 5000–7000 BC, while the youngest date to 1000–000 BC.[12] 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.[12]

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 5560–5520 BC, mesolithic period. Among other things, bone remains of reindeer were identified.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

1550–1751

Until 1751, Kautokeino was part of Sweden.[16]

There is little written source material about Kautokeino from before around 1550. From 1553, Gustav Vasa's bailiffs began systematic taxation of the Sami in the Kautokeino area.[17] 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.[17] 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 (Finnish for hamlet).[18] The siida was located on Goahtedievva, which is near today's Kautokeino church.[19] Findings from the Stone Age to our time show that the area has been influenced by human activity for 9,000 years.[12]

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.[20]

The first priest to hold a service in Kautokeino was Johannes Torneaus from 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.[21] Today, the rest of this log cabin is preserved in the Kautokeino museum.[22]

The first resident priest was Swedish Amund Isaksen Curtelius. He wintered in Masi from 1674 to 1675.[23] He was succeeded by Johan Tornberg. In 1682 he was again succeeded by his brother, Anders Nicolai Tornensis.[23][24] 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".[25] 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,[26] and was then Finnmark's oldest Protestant church.[27]

1752–1940

In 1845, measurements were made for Struve Geodetic Arc at the mountain tops of Lodiken (Luvdiidcohkka) and Bealjasvarri in Kautokeino.[28]

In 1852, Kautokeino was the site of a 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.

World War 2

1940–1943

During the war at the Narvik front in the spring of 1940, four soldiers from Kautokeino took part; they belonged to the Alta Battalion.[29]

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.[29]

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. After 28 days on the run, Petar Filipovic managed to get into Sweden.[30]

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 Railway, which was planned to run all the way from Fauske to Kirkenes. The plan was stated in 1943.[31]

In 1943, the Germans built a 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.[32]

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.[33] 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.[30]

A German 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.[34] The 139th Mountain Brigade was formed on 5 June 1944 from the remnants of the 139th Mountain Regiment from the 3rd Mountain Division.[35][36] The commander of the brigade in the Kautokeino area was Colonel Schirmbacker. He was on loan from the 6th SS Gebirgsjäger division.[37] Incidentally, the 139th Mountain Regiment was the German unit that was about to be defeated by Norwegian forces at 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.[37]

The brigade's mission in Kautokeino in the autumn of 1944 was to form the flank protection for the Sturmbock-Stellun line which ran across the Finnish wedge north of Karesuando. The Germans established the positions at Kautokeino since they feared an Allied landing at Hammerfest and an attack via Alta, straight south towards Finland across the Finnmarksvidda with the aim of cutting off the 20th Mountains Armys 18th Army Corps' retreat out of Finland through the Finnish wedge.[38] South and southwest of Kautokeino, defensive positions were established at Máttavárri, Joppevárri, Áddjit, Gálggovárri and Junkkavárri.[39] 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.[40][34] In June 2022, shells were found in the area around the German positions from 1944 at Máttavárri, 5 kilometers south of Kautokeino.[41] 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.[42]

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 could use driving reindeer for transport, in a similar way to reindeer had been used for transport on the Murmansk front.[43] 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.[44] 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.[45]

Kautokeino was burned down by retreating German forces. The Germans began the burning of the Kautokeino church site on November 20, 1944, and the burning was completed in the first week of December.[46][45] Of 220 buildings, 168 were burned, including the old Kautokeino church from 1701, which was burned on December 3, 1944.[47]

2000 to present

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.[48]

Churches

The Church of Norway has one parish (sokn) within the municipality of Kautokeino. It is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

Churches in Kautokeino
Parish (sokn) Church name Location Year built
Kautokeino Kautokeino Church Kautokeino 1958
Láhpoluoppal Chapel Láhpoluoppal 1967
Masi Church Masi 1965

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Kautokeino, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.[49] The municipality falls under the Indre Finnmark District Court and the Hålogaland Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Kautokeino is made up of 19 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council is as follows:

Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2020–2023 [50]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)3
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Kautokeino Permanent Resident List
 (Kautokeino Fastboendes liste)		5
 Kautokeino Travelling Sámi List
 (Kautokeino Flyttsameliste)		4
 Sámeálbmot List (Sámeálbmot Listu)2
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2016–2019 [51]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Kautokeino Permanent Resident List
 (Kautokeino Fastboendes liste)		5
 Kautokeino Travelling Sámi List
 (Kautokeino Flyttsameliste)		4
 Sámeálbmot List (Sámeálbmot Listu)2
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2012–2015 [52]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Sámi People's Party (Samefolkets Parti)5
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Kautokeino Permanent Resident List
 (Kautokeino Fastboendes liste)		3
 Kautokeino Travelling Sámi List
 (Kautokeino Flyttsameliste)		5
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2008–2011 [51]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)1
 Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)1
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Sámi People's Party (Samefolkets Parti)4
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Kautokeino Permanent Resident List
 (Kautokeino Fastboendes liste)		5
 Kautokeino Travelling Sámi List
 (Kautokeino Flyttsameliste)		3
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2004–2007 [51]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)1
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Sámi People's Party (Samefolkets Parti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)3
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)4
 Kautokeino Permanent Resident List
 (Kautokeino Fastboendes liste)		3
 Kautokeino Travelling Sámi List
 (Kautokeino Flyttsameliste)		4
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Kommunestyre 2000–2003 [51]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)4
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)2
 Johttisâpmelaččaid list (Johttisâpmelaččaid listu)3
 Dâlonüd list (Dâlonüd listu)3
 Máze list (Mázelista)1
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1996–1999 [53]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)3
 Conservative Party (Høyre)1
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)5
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)1
 Johttisâpmelaččaid list (Johttisâpmelaččaid listu)3
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1992–1995 [54]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Conservative Party (Høyre)4
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Guovdageainnu Dáloniid list (Guovdageainnu Dáloniid listu)3
 Boazu Ealáhus list (Boazu Ealáhus listu)1
 Johttisâpmelaččaid list (Johttisâpmelaččaid listu)2
Total number of members:19
Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1988–1991 [55]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)5
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)3
 Johttisâpmelaččaid list (Johttisâpmelaččaid listu)2
Total number of members:19
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1984–1987 [56]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)6
 Conservative Party (Høyre)4
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)3
 Jåttisabmelazzait List (Jåttisabmelazzait listo)3
Total number of members:19
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1980–1983 [57]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høyre)4
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)2
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)3
 Jåttisabmelazzait List (Jåttisabmelazzait listo)3
Total number of members:19
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1976–1979 [58]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)3
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)2
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)1
 Sami List (Samefolkets liste)3
 Jåttisabmelazzait List (Jåttisabmelazzait listo)3
Total number of members:17
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1972–1975 [59]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)7
 Conservative Party (Høyre)3
 Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)1
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)3
Total number of members:17
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1968–1971 [60]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)7
 Conservative Party (Høyre)4
 Centre Party (Senterpartiet)1
 Liberal Party (Venstre)3
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)2
Total number of members:17
Kautokeino Kommunestyre 1964–1967 [61]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)5
 Conservative Party (Høyre)3
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)7
Total number of members:15
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1960–1963 [62]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)4
 Conservative Party (Høyre)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)9
Total number of members:15
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1956–1959 [63]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)2
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)13
Total number of members:15
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1952–1955 [64]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)12
Total number of members:12
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1948–1951 [65]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders
(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)		1
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)11
Total number of members:12
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1945–1947 [66]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 List of workers, fishermen, and small farmholders
(Arbeidere, fiskere, småbrukere liste)		6
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)8
Total number of members:12
Kautokeino Herredsstyre 1938–1941* [67]  
Party Name (in Norwegian) Number of
representatives
 Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)8
 Local List(s) (Lokale lister)4
Total number of members:12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Mayors

The mayors of Kautokeino (incomplete list):

  • 2019–present: Hans Isak Olsen (LL)
  • 2015-2019: Johan Vasara (Ap)

Geography

Pikefossen waterfall in the Alta-Kautokeino river, Kautokeino municipality.

Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino is the southernmost municipality of Finnmark county and it shares a border with several municipalities: Alta Municipality to the north, Kárášjohka - Karasjok Municipality to the east, Nordreisa Municipality and Kvænangen Municipality (in Troms county) to the west, and Enontekiö Municipality (in Finland) to the south.

At 9,707 square kilometres (3,748 sq mi), it is the largest municipality in Norway. A total of approximately 10,000 lakes cover 737 square kilometres (285 sq mi). A significant part of the Finnmarksvidda plateau is located inside Kautokeino municipality. Øvre Anárjohka National Park is partially located in the municipality. The rivers Anarjohka and Karasjohka have their headwaters inside the park.

The Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino River runs from a lake at the Finnish border, north through the villages of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) and Máze before it leaves into Alta municipality and changes name to Altaelva. The river is collectively known as the Kautokeino/Alta-vassdraget and was the site of a major political controversy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The lake Šuoikkatjávri is located on the border of the municipality with Kvænangen. Other lakes in the municipality include Bajášjávri, Bajit Spielgajávri, Biggejávri, Čárajávri, Dátkojávri, Gahččanjávri, Gavdnjajávri, Geađgejávri, Geašjávri, Guolehis Suolojávri, Heammojávri, Iešjávri, Láhpojávri, Latnetjávri, Nuorbejávri, Rágesjávri, Sálganjávri, Soagŋojávri, Stuora Galbajávri, Stuorajávri, Šuoikkatjávri, Suolojávri, Virdnejávri, and Vuolit Spielgajávri.

Kautokeino river in Kautokeino, as seen from the ski jump hill south of the town center in Kautokeino.

Climate

Kautokeino has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with cool to mild summers and long, cold and fairly dry winters. Kautokeino is the coldest town in mainland Norway by annual mean temperature. The all-time low −50.3 °C (−59 °F) was recorded in January 1999. The all-time high 30 °C (86 °F) was recorded in July 2018, which was the warmest month recorded with mean 18 °C (64 °F) and average daily high 23.6 °C (74.5 °F). The coldest month on record is, as for much of Norway, February 1966. That month Kautokeino had mean −25.8 °C (−14.4 °F), average daily high −20.7 °C (−5.3 °F), average daily low −32.1 °C (−25.8 °F) - and the warmest high that February was −8.9 °C (16.0 °F).

Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino is located in the Arctic highlands of the Finnmarksvidda plateau of Northern Norway. During five weeks of summer, the sun doesn't set, and during six weeks of winter, the sun doesn't rise.

Average precipitation ranges from 360 millimetres (14.2 in) to 424 millimetres (16.7 in) per year depending on normal period, which is among the lowest amounts in Norway.

During summer, daytime temperatures typically range between 10 °C (50 °F) and 20 °C (68 °F). While this is nice for humans, the temperature, combined with 10,000 lakes, makes it a haven for mosquitos. Consequently, both humans and reindeer tend to flee to the coast for the summer.

While winter usually lasts from mid-October until well into April, the hard winter is only for December–February. During hard winter, temperatures can drop as far as −40 °C (−40 °F) and beyond.

Climate data for Kautokeino 1991-2020 (307 m, extremes 1891-2022)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 7
(45) 		7
(45) 		8.3
(46.9) 		13.8
(56.8) 		28
(82) 		29.8
(85.6) 		30
(86) 		28.4
(83.1) 		22.8
(73.0) 		13.4
(56.1) 		7.6
(45.7) 		7.2
(45.0) 		30
(86)
Average high °C (°F) −10
(14) 		−9
(16) 		−4
(25) 		2
(36) 		8
(46) 		14
(57) 		18
(64) 		15
(59) 		10
(50) 		2
(36) 		−5
(23) 		−8
(18) 		3
(37)
Daily mean °C (°F) −14.1
(6.6) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−3
(27) 		3.7
(38.7) 		9.9
(49.8) 		13.4
(56.1) 		11.2
(52.2) 		6
(43) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		−8.4
(16.9) 		−11.7
(10.9) 		−1.4
(29.5)
Average low °C (°F) −18
(0) 		−18
(0) 		−14
(7) 		−7
(19) 		0
(32) 		6
(43) 		9
(48) 		6
(43) 		3
(37) 		−3
(27) 		−10
(14) 		−15
(5) 		−5
(23)
Record low °C (°F) −50.3
(−58.5) 		−48.8
(−55.8) 		−41.5
(−42.7) 		−33.7
(−28.7) 		−20.7
(−5.3) 		−5
(23) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−12.7
(9.1) 		−33.8
(−28.8) 		−40.7
(−41.3) 		−45
(−49) 		−50.3
(−58.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 22.1
(0.87) 		19.4
(0.76) 		13.8
(0.54) 		17.5
(0.69) 		33.5
(1.32) 		58.5
(2.30) 		71.5
(2.81) 		64.8
(2.55) 		42.4
(1.67) 		31.3
(1.23) 		24.4
(0.96) 		25
(1.0) 		424.2
(16.7)
Source 1: yr.no/eklima/Norwegian Meteorological Institute[68]
Source 2: Weatheronline climate robot (average high/low)[69]


Climate data for Kautokeino (1981-2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6) 		7.0
(44.6) 		7.6
(45.7) 		12.0
(53.6) 		28.0
(82.4) 		29.8
(85.6) 		29.1
(84.4) 		28.2
(82.8) 		22.8
(73.0) 		13.3
(55.9) 		7.6
(45.7) 		7.2
(45.0) 		29.8
(85.6)
Average high °C (°F) −9.6
(14.7) 		−9.2
(15.4) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		0.2
(32.4) 		6.4
(43.5) 		13.6
(56.5) 		17.0
(62.6) 		14.3
(57.7) 		8.6
(47.5) 		1.1
(34.0) 		−5.5
(22.1) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		2.0
(35.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −14.7
(5.5) 		−14.3
(6.3) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		2.2
(36.0) 		9.0
(48.2) 		12.4
(54.3) 		9.9
(49.8) 		4.8
(40.6) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		−9.8
(14.4) 		−13.4
(7.9) 		−2.5
(27.5)
Average low °C (°F) −19.9
(−3.8) 		−19.4
(−2.9) 		−15.7
(3.7) 		−9.8
(14.4) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		4.3
(39.7) 		7.3
(45.1) 		5.5
(41.9) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−14.0
(6.8) 		−18.5
(−1.3) 		−7.1
(19.2)
Record low °C (°F) −50.5
(−58.9) 		−48.8
(−55.8) 		−40.8
(−41.4) 		−33.7
(−28.7) 		−19.3
(−2.7) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−12.0
(10.4) 		−30.0
(−22.0) 		−40.8
(−41.4) 		−42.0
(−43.6) 		−50.5
(−58.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 18.7
(0.74) 		16.2
(0.64) 		17.4
(0.69) 		18.8
(0.74) 		26.8
(1.06) 		48.0
(1.89) 		68.2
(2.69) 		66.3
(2.61) 		44.2
(1.74) 		35.8
(1.41) 		25.5
(1.00) 		18.5
(0.73) 		405.2
(15.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 6.2 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.9 8.7 11.0 10.6 9.6 8.9 7.8 5.8 92.6
Source: Météo Climat[70][71]

Birdlife

Lying south in the county, and bordering with Finland, Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino has a very interesting birdlife. There are virtually thousands of lakes in the municipality, and these combined with the Altaelva waterway system provide habitats for a whole host of wetland species. Whooper swan can sometimes be found while spotted redshank are not uncommon.

Transportation

The nearest airports are Alta Airport, about 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Kautokeino, and Enontekiö Airport, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Kautokeino. The small Kautokeino Airport is located in the village, but it has no commercial services. European route E45 runs through Kautokeino, part of the shortest and fastest route between western Finnmark and southern Scandinavia.

Population

In the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, about 1,300 of the 3,000 people in the municipality reside. The village of Máze has about 400 people, while the remaining people in the municipality live in 14 smaller villages scattered around the area. The population has been declining about 3% over the last 10 years.

Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino has different demographics than Finnmark county and Norway as a whole: more than 50% of the population is younger than 30 years. Also, the number of people older than 66 years is half of the national average. The gender ratio amounts to 86 women for every 100 men.[72] For the last couple of years, Kautokeino has been plagued by high rates of unemployment, peaking at 10% in 2006/2007.[73]

Villages

In addition to the administrative centre of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino), the municipality has 15 smaller villages:

  • Máze (Masi) is the largest of the villages. Máze is located in a river valley. There is a school and Masi Church located in Máze. The current church has 150 seats and was built of wood in 1965. The first chapel was built in the 17th century. The second by Thomas von Westen in 1721. This church was burnt during World War II in 1944. The village was the site of a major political controversy in the late 1970s and early 80s, when it was proposed to flood village to build a large hydroelectric dam.
  • Láhpoluoppal is a village located northeast of Guovdageaidnu at the southern end of the Láhppojávri lake. The village has a school, Láhpoluoppal Chapel, and mountain hut (Norwegian: fjellstue). The chapel has 70 seats and was built in 1967.
  • Šihččajávri is located southeast of Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino) village. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute has a weather observation station in the village, and often the place has the lowest temperature in Norway.
  • Ávži is a village 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Guovdageaidnu. During the Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu, the group of Samis that captured the rebellions was organized here.
  • Siebe is a village south of Guovdageaidnu.
  • Mieron is a village north of Guovdageaidnu. Many of the Samis who traveled to Canada to teach the Inuit about reindeer herding were from Mieron.
  • Stornes is a village north of Guovdageaidnu. Close to Stornes is a slate field with distinct green quartzite marketed as Naranas.
    Naranas quartzite.
  • Šuoššjávri is a village northeast of Guovdageaidnu near the border with Karasjok with a chapel and a mountain hut. The chapel was built in 1968 and has 75 seats.
  • Čunovuohppi is a small village with few houses and is 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Guovdageaidnu. The village has a mountain hut (called Madame Bongos fjellstue).
  • Suolovuopmi is north of Guovdageaidnu near the border with Alta. It is the location of a mountain hut, and is used for metrological observations.
  • Gálaniitu is southwest of Guovdageaidnu and has a mountain hut.
  • Áidejávri is south of Guovdageaidnu close to the Finnish border.
  • Ákšomuotki (Økseidet) is south of Guovdageaidnu.
  • Soahtefielbma is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Guovdageaidnu.

Institutions and media

Several Sámi institutions are located in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, including:

  • Beaivváš Sámi Theatre. The National Sámi Theatre. As a national stage company, they play a major role in making Sámi history and culture visible.
  • Sámi Joatkkaskuvla ja Boazodoalloskuvla is the Sámi High School and Reindeer Herding School. The high school has emphasis on Sámi, rather than Norwegian culture. Most teachers speak Sámi as their mother tongue allowing for classes to be taught in Sámi. In addition to ordinary courses, students can also study duodji (traditional Sámi crafts) and reindeer herding. In fact, it is the only high school in the world that features a reindeer herding class.
  • Sámi allaskuvla - the Sámi University College. The college has national responsibility for Sámi higher education, including teacher-, and journalist-training. The college attempts to develop the syllabuses on the basis of Sámi needs, and attempts to develop Sámi as an academic language.
  • Nordic Sámi Institute. The Nordic Sámi Institute is a Sámi research institution. Research topics include the Sámi language, culture, reindeer husbandry and legal research. The institute published the DIEĐUT magazine.
  • Sámi giellaossodat; The department of language at the Norwegian Sami Parliament. This department is the administration for the Sámi language board, it allocates the extra funding given to the municipalities that have Sámi as an official language (like Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino), and it administrates various projects related to Sámi languages.
  • The department of education of the Norwegian Sami Parliament.

The Sámi are also internationally active with regards to indigenous people issues and reindeer husbandry. Therefore, the following institutions are also located in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino:

  • Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The center attempts to collect, organize, and disseminate the knowledge and understanding of indigenous peoples' and Sami peoples' rights.
  • International Centre For Reindeer Husbandry.

Guovdageaidnu/ Kautokeino is home to the following Sami media companies:

  • Ávvir a Sami language newspaper.
  • DAT Sami publishing house and record company.

Cultural events

View of a Sami in traditional dress

Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino is perhaps the cultural center of Northern Sámi today, and hosts several of the most well known Sami cultural events. The biggest event is the Sámi Easter Festival. Easter has traditionally been the time when the Sámis gather to celebrate weddings and confirmations. Today, also the Sami culture is celebrated with many yoik concerts, Sami theater shows, reindeer races, snowmobile races, ice fishing competitions, parties, and the Sámi Grand Prix; a Sámi version of the Eurovision Song Contest where in addition to the best song, the best yoik is also selected. In addition, the Sami Film Festival is usually held during the Easter, which is notable for having an outdoor cinema made of snow.[74]

In June, the annual Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino Walk/Bicycle Ride, has Sámis return to Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, just to walk a few kilometers, or ride a bicycle for twice the distance.

In August, there is the White Fish festival, as well as the Autumn Festival. The latter is a weekend-long party full of concerts, but also includes snowmobile skipping races on the (unfrozen) river. If the riders go too slow or make too sharp a turn, the snowmobile sinks.

Notable residents

Ole Henrik Magga, 2009
Barbro-Lill Hætta-Jakobsen, 2009
Nils Gaup, 2017
Håvard Klemetsen, 2016

1852 Kautokeino uprising

  • Aslak Hætta (1824–1854) a leader of the Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu, called the Kautokeino Rebellion
  • Mons Somby (1825 in Kautokeino – 1854) a leader of the Sami rioters
  • Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum (1827 in Kautokeino – 1895) a Norwegian Sami reindeer herder, who took part in the 1852 Kautokeino uprising
  • Lars Hætta (1834 in Kautokeino – 1896) a Norwegian Sami reindeer herder, prisoner, wood carver and Bible translator

Public Service

The Arts

Sport

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