KAUTOKEINO, NORWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000301590008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Populations Around 120 in village
154.9 in mmnicir-.pality
Dec. 1.50
Provinces Finnmark
Date of Observation: 25 1v~r. '51
and subsequent dates.
General Description:
Lapp village on bank of river with same name. Linked by road to Alta. Winter sledge
and snowmobile links with Finland, Sweden and Karasjok. Wooded surroudings, local
farming in clearing. Reindeer pastures on mountain tundra. One of two main Lapp
centers in Finxirnark.
Geographic Description:
Interior Finnmark plateau here modified by lower altitude of valley. Latitude
as Troms6, but climate more continental.
Occupations:
tLgricultural . Fishing Industrial
Some small scale farming River fishing None except minor
including sheep and horses.important for food local repair.
Reindeer main livestock. in Summer
Natural Vegetation:
Birch with reindeer moss in favored locations. Tundra above tree line.
Land Forms and. Geology's
Kautokeino River has striking series of terraces nearby. Otherwise broad river
valley with rounded slopes of plateau as background.
Mining:
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Population (racial, cultural, linguistic): Lapp plus some Kwain (Finnish) p7,u8
some Norwegian officials. Contact with Finland and Sweden gives linguistic
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RITY INFORM'ATIOIV
PLACE (cont'd): KAUTOKEINO
Climate and Weather
Temperatures: Low of -6?C not rising above ?C
Precipitation: None. Two feet or more snow on ground.
Clouds: Clear sky or frequent Alto Stratus. Wind east.
Other: Aurora, borealis
Source: Local diesel but plans exist for hydroelectric plant.
Voltage :
Cycle:
Loci-,.l in town, cut off at night.
Telephone Telegraph Rph
to Alta and Karasjok.
TRANSPORTATION: (From: Kautokeino To: Alta.
Railway: None
Station:
Ballast:
Power :
Gauge .
Bridges:
Highways:
Route No's .
Surface Type :
Width
Seasonal Use:
#905
Gravel
one or two way
Closed in Winter but snowmobiles used.
Underpass Good bridges there. Bridge across river at Kautokeino has
permanent piers and girders but temporarily super structure.
Note plans exist for re-routing #905 from Alta so as to avoid
high land over Baeska,des Plateau. ILoute will probably begin
at #904.
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