Karasjok

Coordinates: 69°28′55″N 25°06′18″E / 69.48194°N 25.10500°E / 69.48194; 25.10500
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Karasjok kommune
Kárašjoga gielda
Kaarasjoki
Municipality
Flag of Karasjok kommune
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Coat of arms of Karasjok kommune
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Karasjok within
Karasjok within
Coordinates: 69°28′55″N 25°06′18″E / 69.48194°N 25.10500°E / 69.48194; 25.10500
CountryNorway
Established1 Jan 1866
Administrative centreKarasjok
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Svein Atle Somby (Ap)
Area
 • Total5,452.95 km2 (2,105.40 sq mi)
 • Land5,209.46 km2 (2,011.38 sq mi)
 • Water243.49 km2 (94.01 sq mi)  4.5%
 • Rank2 in Norway
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,628
 • Rank245 in Norway
 • Density0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
−5.8%
DemonymKarasjoking[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-5437
Official language formBokmål and
Northern Sami[2]
Websitekarasjok.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

audio speaker iconKarasjok (Northern Sami: Kárášjohka [ˈkʰaːraːʃˌjohka];[3] Kven: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

The municipality (of which the urban area is a part,) has Sami (or Sámi) and Norwegian as official languages.

The municipality is one of two in Norway where the majority of inhabitants speak Sami and have it as their main language.[4]

History[change | change source]

Before the beginning of the 1700s, there might not have been a permanent population there.[5] However the area was used by nomads.[5]

World War II[change | change source]

During World War II a Nazi concentration camp was built in Karasjok: Lager IV Karasjok (German for "Karasjok Camp No.4", Norwegian: Karasjok fangeleir).[6][7] The camp was run by SS, and it was among[8] the first four Nazi concentration camps in Northern Norway.

In July 1943, 374 political prisoners and POWs prisoners [mostly Yugoslav,] were brought to the concentration camp. They were tasked with widening the road to Karigasniemi, Finland.[9] After four or five months, only 111 of these prisoners were still alive.[9] At the end of the prisoners' stay in Karasjok, before transportation out of Karasjok, 45 prisoners were massacred by the firing of small arms.[9] At least one former prisoner is (as of 2013) still alive.[10]

Later[change | change source]

In 2015 the second edition of Sapmi Pride, the LGBT pride festival, was held in Karasjok.[11] To protest homosexuals attending the Karasjok Church, and to protest that a female priest held the services, Norges Samemisjon cancelled one of their radio broadcasts. [11]

Education[change | change source]

Regarding all the students in elementary schools grades one, two and three: For the last three years (as of 2024), all those students are in classes that have [Northern] Sami as the main language (of those classes).[12]

Main language of students at secondary school[change | change source]

The Sami secondary school, is one of two in Norway (as of 2014);[13] 73% of the schools students say that Sami is their main language; 27% say that Sami is their second language (as of the school year that started in [August] 2009 and ended in [June] 2010);[14] That school is run by the government.

Administration[change | change source]

The municipal council is elected until late 2027.[15]

(The 19 council members were elected during the 2023 Norwegian local elections.)

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ↑ "Stadnamn og rettskriving" (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Archived from the original on 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ↑ ÁVJOVÁRRI URFOLKSREGION I ET SAMISK PERSPEKTIV[permanent dead link]. page 19
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dalfest, Terje; Askheim, Svein (19 January 2019). "Karasjok" – via Store norske leksikon.
  6. ↑ Sigurd Bakke Styrvold, "Heil og Sæl. Jeg er utdannet morder!" - Den norske SS Vaktbataljon 1942 – 45" (PDF), MA in history - University of Oslo (in Norwegian), p. 14
  7. ↑ Timm C. Richter. Krieg und Verbrechen: Situation und Intention: Fallbeispiele. 2006. p. 114
  8. ↑ Sigurd Bakke Styrvold, "Heil og Sæl. Jeg er utdannet morder!" - Den norske SS Vaktbataljon 1942 – 45" (PDF), MA in history - University of Oslo (in Norwegian), p. 14, Det fantes på forskjellige tidspunkter flere serberleire i Norge, men de norske vaktene gjorde bare tjeneste i de fire første; Lager I Beisfjord, Lager II Elsfjord, Lager III Rognan (også kjent som Botn) og Lager IV Karasjok
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Disse fangene bygget «blodveien» – og så ble de henrettet - De jugoslaviske fangene som var i Karasjok under andre verdenskrig skulle bare bygge veien til Finland, og deretter skulle de ikke eksistere mer. [These prisoners built 'the blood road' - and then they were executed - The Yugoslavian prisoners that were in Karasjok during World War Two, were only to build a road to Finland, and thereafter they were not to exist anymore]
  10. ↑ Larsen, Dan Robert (24 May 2013). "Følelsesladet møte med Karasjok". NRK.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Larsen, Dan Robert (2 June 2016). "Flytter Sápmi Pride til Kautokeino". NRK.
  12. ↑ https://www.sagat.no/debatt/feil-om-samiskspraklige-i-karasjok-i-ny-rapport/19.42120. Sagat.no. Retrieved 2024-01-04
  13. ↑ Fornyings-, administrasjons-og kirkedepartementet (20 August 2018). "Fakta om samiske språk". Regjeringen.no.
  14. ↑ "Urbefolkningen i tall - samisk statistikk". ssb.no.
  15. ↑ https://www.sagat.no/nyheter/her-er-karasjoks-kommunestyre/19.40969. Retrieved 2023-10-23
  16. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/valg/2023/resultat/fylke/56/5610. NRK.no. Retrieved 2023-09-26
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