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The Three-Country Cairn (Finnish: Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki, Northern Sami: Golmma riikka urna, Norwegian: Treriksrøysa, Swedish: Treriksröset) is the tripoint at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet, and the name of the monument that marks the point. It is the northernmost international tripoint in the world.
Treriksrøysa (lit. ' Three-Country Cairn ') is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Finland, and Russia meet. The site is on a hill called Muotkavaara, [1] in the Pasvikdalen valley, west of the Pasvikelva river and 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
Bilingual Finnish/Swedish sign showing 200 metres until entering Sweden from Finland, Tornio customs station (Tornion tulliasema) "Three-Country Cairn" on the boundary between Finland, Sweden and Norway. Resurgent Sweden and Russia clashed a number of times over the centuries. Most of the battles were fought on now-Finnish soil.
Both poles have the respective country's coat of arms on the side facing the border. [12] While originally made of wood, the border markers are now made of composite materials. [1] Each country has the responsibility for maintenance of its boundary markers and keeping the clear-cut zone. Most of the maintenance is undertaken during the summer. [24]
Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn [Note 1] is a historic photograph taken on 27 April 1945, which was the last day of the Second World War in Finland. It depicts a Finnish Army patrol of Battle Group Loimu, Infantry Regiment 1 ( Finnish : taisteluosasto Loimu, jalkaväkirykmentti 1 ), raising the Finnish war flag on the three-country ...
Finnish soldiers raising the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland on 27 April 1945, following the end of the Lapland War and thus, the end of World War II in Finland. Taken by Colonel V.J. Oinonen, this photograph became an iconic symbol of the war in Finland and was compared to the American Raising the Flag on Iwo ...
Images of tripoints in honor of Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn, an iconic photograph taken on 27 April 1945, which was the last day of the Second World War in Finland. Finnish soldiers raise the war flag at the Three-Country Cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland (also called Treriksröset )
Three Emperors' Corner; Three Shire Stone; Three Shire Stone (Lake District) Three Shire Stones (Bath and North East Somerset) Three-Country Cairn; Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn; Treriksrøysa; Tres Fronteras; Tri-state area; Tri-State Corner; Tri-State Peak; Tri-States Monument; Triple Frontier; Tüllinger Berg; Tumba Peak (Belasica)