- Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget
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company_name = Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget
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company_type =NGO
foundation =July 12 1978
location = flagicon|NorwayOslo ,Norway
key_people =Per Flatberg (Information leader)
area_served =Norway
industry =Environmentalism
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footnotes =Folkeaksjonen mot utbygging av Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget was a Norwegian organisation created on
July 12 1978 to work against the building of theAlta power station in the Alta River. TheNGO organised the opposistion against the construction in theAlta controversy , and had at the most 20,000 members. Of these 10,000 actively participated in demonstrations, including the Stilla March. The organisation functioned as a cooperation between enviromentalists and sami activists, and not only succeeded at putting focus on environmental issues but also on sami rights.After the
civil disobedience actions the four leaderAlfred Nilsen ,Tore Bongo ,Svein Suhr andPer Flatberg (information leader) was sentenced for encouraging illegal acts.
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