Alta controversy

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; Svein Suhr; Per Flatberg
Fined	kr 10,000–20,000

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.

^ Mortensen, Robin (2014-11-18). "Donald hamler opp med gruveaksjonistene" [Donald takes up with the mining activists]. NRK Finnmark (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-06-24.