• Thumbnail for Finland–Norway border
    84333°E / 69.39833; 25.84333 The border between Norway and Finland is 736 kilometers (457 mi) long. It is a land and river border between two tripoints. The...
    6 KB (704 words) - 22:28, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norway–Russia border
    essentially remains the same border today. In 1920 Petsamo was ceded to Finland and the border became part of the FinlandNorway border. Petsamo was ceded to...
    65 KB (7,479 words) - 04:23, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Borders of Finland
    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...
    10 KB (1,199 words) - 18:59, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norway–Sweden border
    give-and-take. Based on that, in 1752–1765 border cairns were erected between Norway and Sweden including Finland, which mostly remain today. Since the Sami...
    14 KB (1,396 words) - 18:51, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Halti
    Halti (category FinlandNorway border)
    Halti (Finnish: Halti, rarely Haltiatunturi, Northern Sami: Háldičohkka, Swedish: Haldefjäll) is a fell at the border between Norway and Finland. The peak...
    6 KB (516 words) - 12:19, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finland–Russia border
    The international border between Finland and Russia is 1,340 km (830 mi) long and runs approximately north to south, mostly through taiga forests and sparsely...
    33 KB (3,213 words) - 00:20, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finland–Norway relations
    FinlandNorway relations are the foreign relations between Finland and Norway. The states share the Finland-Norway border. Both countries established...
    3 KB (244 words) - 02:35, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finland–Sweden border
    The Finland–Sweden border (or Finnish–Swedish border) is the border between the countries of Finland and Sweden. Almost the entire border runs through...
    13 KB (1,527 words) - 11:48, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Three-Country Cairn
    Three-Country Cairn (category FinlandNorway border)
    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...
    6 KB (526 words) - 18:44, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finnish Border Guard
    The Finnish Border Guard (FBG, Finnish: Rajavartiolaitos, RVL; Swedish: Gränsbevakningsväsendet, GBV) is the agency responsible for enforcing the security...
    20 KB (1,948 words) - 09:20, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Treriksrøysa
    Treriksrøysa (category FinlandNorway border)
     '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...
    3 KB (219 words) - 22:03, 29 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Borders of Norway
    Borders of Norway may refer to: The Norway-Finland border The Norway-Russia border The Norway-Sweden border This set index article includes a list of...
    380 bytes (58 words) - 01:01, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neiden, Norway
    Njiävđám (Inari Sami), and Näätämö (Finnish), previously also Näytämö) is a village area in the Sápmi area along the FinlandNorway border with about 250 inhabitants...
    7 KB (670 words) - 16:46, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn
    Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (category FinlandNorway border)
    to Norway and the Lyngen Line—although some entrenched German forces still remained in Finland at Kilpisjärvi in the corridor leading to the border tripoint...
    11 KB (1,238 words) - 11:48, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norway–European Union relations
    6% of Norwegians would vote 'No' in a referendum to join the European Union. Norway shares land borders with two EU member states, namely Finland and Sweden...
    49 KB (3,153 words) - 10:29, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for European route E45
    and/or the Orte-Rome segment.  Norway E45: Alta – Kautokeino –  NorwayFinland border  Finland Kt 93:  NorwayFinland border – Hetta – Palojoensuu Vt 21 /...
    26 KB (1,245 words) - 14:47, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paatsjoki
    Paatsjoki (category Norway–Russia border)
    a river that flows through Finland, Norway, and Russia. Since 1826, the river has marked parts of the Norway–Russia border, except from 1920 to 1944 when...
    3 KB (235 words) - 15:43, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tana (Norway)
    The Tana (Finnish: Teno [ˈteno] or Tenojoki; Northern Sami: Deatnu [ˈtea̯tnuː]; Norwegian: Tana/Tanaelva; Swedish: Tana älv) is a 361-kilometre (224 mi)...
    12 KB (1,252 words) - 15:35, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Karigasniemi
    Karigasniemi (category FinlandNorway border crossings)
    municipality of Utsjoki in Finland. It lies at the foot of Mount Ailigás. The village is situated on the border between Norway and Finland 18 kilometres (11 mi)...
    3 KB (175 words) - 21:59, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muotkavaara
    Muotkavaara (category FinlandNorway border)
    border of Norway and Russia was demarcated in 1826, while Finland was an autonomous part of Russia. Furthermore in 1833, it was ruled that the border...
    6 KB (634 words) - 12:42, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scandinavian Peninsula
    Scandinavian Peninsula (category Geography of Finland)
    Norway and the northwestern area of Finland. The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark, Norway and...
    15 KB (1,846 words) - 08:14, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Winter War
    the Finnish border. When Finland refused, the Soviets invaded. Most sources conclude that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all of Finland, and...
    156 KB (17,723 words) - 12:18, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Skafferhullet
    Skafferhullet (category Norway–Russia border crossings)
    historical border crossing point along the Norway–Russia border (formerly it was on the FinlandNorway border and Soviet–Norway border). The border crossing...
    4 KB (272 words) - 02:57, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kautokeino (village)
    Kautokeino (village) (category Populated places of Arctic Norway)
    the village of Masi and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the FinlandNorway border. The 2.59-square-kilometre (640-acre) village has a population (2023)...
    5 KB (337 words) - 19:29, 14 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lapp Codicil of 1751
    Lapp Codicil of 1751 (category Legal history of Norway)
    along the FinlandNorway border, and in 1852, the border of NorwayFinland/Russia was closed, causing trouble for the Sami, who needed the Finnish forests...
    3 KB (270 words) - 02:27, 30 June 2024
  • Näätämöjoki (Norwegian: Neidenelva) - flows to Norway Tana (Finnish: Teno, Norwegian: Tanaelva) - flows to Norway, border between Finland and Norway Utsjoki...
    10 KB (807 words) - 14:04, 23 October 2024
  • The Norway–Russia border barrier is an international border barrier built by Norway on the Norway–Russia border. Construction of the barrier began in...
    7 KB (729 words) - 16:21, 19 November 2022
  • Thumbnail for Torne (Finnish and Swedish river)
    River where it adjoins the international border. It rises at the lake Torneträsk near the border with Norway and flows generally southeast for a distance...
    15 KB (1,524 words) - 12:53, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Border barrier
    border outside of a border station. Iron Curtain in Europe and Asia: apart from the direct border between the former Soviet Union and Norway/Finland,...
    46 KB (3,192 words) - 15:06, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Finland
    Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
    241 KB (20,413 words) - 21:42, 30 October 2024