Alta controversy

Alta controversy
Blockade against Alta hydroelectric project on traditional Sámi territories. The project was completed in 1987.
Date	1970 – 1982
Location	Alta, Finnmark, Norway (hunger strikes held in Oslo and Stockholm)
Caused by	Damming of the Alta River. Environmental and ecological damage of traditional Sámi territories
Methods	Protests, civil disobedience, blockade, hunger strike
Resulted in	Alta Power Station is constructed Some protesters arrested and fined "Folkeaksjonen -" disassembled Issues related to the Sámi's indigenous rights became a more important political agenda
Parties
Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget 10 000 Protesters Norwegian Government Law enforcement
Arrests and fines
Arrested	Alfred Nilsen Tore Bongo [no] Svein Suhr Per Flatberg
Fined	kr 10,000–20,000

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The Alta conflict^[1] or Alta controversy was a series of protests in Norway in the late 1970s and early 1980s against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Alta River in Finnmark, Northern Norway.