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Norway isn't a member of the European Union, but the country is part of the European ID-check free travel zone known as the Schengen area. It has land borders with EU and Schengen members Sweden and Finland. Police said that the new controls won't involve all travelers being checked, and there's no reason to expect delays at border crossings.
When Sweden ceded Finland to Russia in 1809, it was decided that the new Finland–Sweden border should follow the rivers. But actually two rivers cross the Norwegian border and the northern river was originally used and then the tripoint was at 69°3′37.4″N 20°33′11.4″E / 69.060389°N 20.553167°E / 69.060389; 20.553167
Land border highlighted in red, river border in blue. The border between Norway and Finland is 736 kilometers (457 mi) long. [1] It is a land and river border between two tripoints. The western tripoint is marked by Treriksröset, a concrete cairn where both countries border Sweden.
Swedish soldier and Norwegian resistance member shake hands at the border in Hedmark/Värmland, celebrating the end of the German occupation of Norway, May 1945.. The Norway–Sweden border (Norwegian: Svenskegrensa, Swedish: Norska gränsen) is a 1,630-kilometre (1,010 mi) long land national border, [1] and the longest border for both Norway and Sweden.
They traditionally live in Lapland, which stretches from northern parts of Norway through Sweden and Finland to Russia. Across the Arctic region, the majority live on the Norwegian side of the border.
The complete Finland-Russia border closure is due to last for at least two weeks until Dec. 13, after which one crossing point may be reopened, the Finnish government said.
Finland already had shut seven of the eight checkpoints on its 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia this month following a surge in arrivals of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
The borders of Finland are the dividing lines between it and the neighbouring countries of Norway, Russia and Sweden. The total length of land borders (incl. rivers) of Finland is 2,563 km / 1593 mi (Norway 709 km / 441 mi, Sweden 545 km / 339 mi, Russia 1309 km / 813 mi).