This building at Søndre gate 22b was completed in 1909 and, two years later, was purchased by the Norwegian Farmer Youth Association to be used as a clubroom, farmer’s home, and coffee house. In 1947, the hotel hosted a Sámi National Assembly, 30 years after the first one was held at the Methodist Church, which is located just a stone's throw away. 

One of the biggest points of contention in 1917 was the direction in which reindeer husbandry should develop. Leaders Elsa Laula Renberg and Daniel Mortenson have rightfully been called opposites in the Sámi rights struggle and represented two different views on this issue. Renberg argued that the existing form of reindeer husbandry, with small herds where reindeer were herded for self-sufficiency and used as a resource for milk production, must be preserved. According to Renberg, the Sámi rights struggle was about teaching the Norwegian majority society to accept the uniqueness of Sámi culture. Mortenson, as a member of the Labour Party, was more reform-oriented and argued that reindeer husbandry could play a key role in solving one of Norway's self-sufficiency problems by shifting to meat production. To achieve this, reindeer husbandry would need to be entirely reorganized. This included the size of the herds, breeding strategies, and organizational forms. 

This point of contention was resolved here at Hotel Gildevangen 30 years later. During the National Assembly in Trondheim that year, the organization Norske reindriftsamers landsforbund (NRL) was founded as a nationwide interest organization, based on the late Daniel Mortenson's reform plan. His son, Lars Danielsen, was elected as the organization's first leader at the 1947 meeting, and in 1949, the chairmanship passed to his second son, Paul, who led NRL until 1957. While Elsa Laula Renberg is the undisputed icon of the Sámi rights struggle, no one left a greater impact on reindeer husbandry than Daniel Mortenson and his family.