The Three Nations' Border Point

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Malla Strict Nature Reserve, Kilpisjarvi 99490, Finland

The Lapland War was fought between Finland and Nazi Germany effectively from September to November 1944 in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland, during World War II. Although Finns and Germans had been fighting the Soviet Union together since 1941 during the Continuation War, the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in the summer of 1944 forced Finnish leadership to negotiate a separate peace agreement. The Moscow Armistice demanded Finland break diplomatic ties with Germany and expel or disarm any German soldiers left in Finland after 15 September 1944. The Wehrmacht had anticipated the turn of events and drawn up plans for an organised withdrawal to German-occupied Norway called Operation Birke . Despite a failed offensive landing operation by Germany in the Gulf of Finland, the evacuation proceeded peacefully at first. The Finns escalated the situation into warfare on 28 September after Soviet pressure to adhere to the terms of the Armistice. The Finnish Army was required by the USSR to demobilise while at the same time pursuing German troops out of Finnish soil. After a series of minor battles, the war came to an effective end in November 1944 when German troops had reached Norway or its vicinity and took fortified positions. The last German soldiers left Finland on 27 April 1945 and the end of World War II in Europe came soon after. The Finns considered the war a separate conflict because hostilities with other nations had ceased after the Continuation War. From the German perspective, it was a part of the two campaigns to evacuate from northern Finland and northern Norway. Soviet involvement in the war amounted to monitoring Finnish operations, minor air support as well as entering north-eastern Lapland during the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive. Military impacts were relatively limited with both sides sustaining around 4,000 in total casualties—although the Germans' delaying scorched earth and land mine strategies devastated Finnish Lapland. The Wehrmacht successfully withdrew and Finland upheld its obligations under the Moscow Armistice, although it remained formally at war with the USSR and the United Kingdom until ratification by the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty.
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The border of three countries. Kilpisjärvi, Finland

The border of three countries: Finnish, Swedish, Norway.

The Three Border Cairn - Norway, Sweden, & Finland At Once

In the far north of of the Arctic Circle sits a large yellow cairn that marks the borders of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

Join me as we hike through the amazing arctic landscape to discover what makes this area so special.

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Three country border: Finland, Sweden, Norway - 29.1.2017

Treriksröset, Three country cairn, Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki. Cross-country skiid 12 kilometers each way from Kilpisjärvi.

Borealis Treriksrøysa

Borealis Project:
Treriksrøysa, the border between Norway, Russia and Finland in the Pasvik Nature Reserve.

Tripoints: Where 3 Countries Meet

Did you know that the geographic location where 3 countries meet is called a tripoint? And that there are over 176 international tripoints in the world?

Join me at La Frontera in Iguazu, Argentina at the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil as we learn more about tripoints and multipoints around the world.

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Three countries within a minute | 3 maata minuutissa

On this place it is possible to visit 3 countries in just few seconds. There are also 2 different times at this point. The drawback is that this place is quite hard to access - there is no road. 12 km hiking from the nearest road (trail is hard to hike) or a boat over lake + 3 km. walk on a train (easy)

You should have a passport (or if you are a citizen of EU an ID or if you are a Scandinavian citizen some kind proof of identity) with you and you must not have anything to declare (alcohol/cigarettes) - if you have a dog with you it must have necessary veterinary certificates.
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Pikainen vierailu Ruotsissa ja Norjassa. 12 km. kävely tieltä varsin vaikeakulkuista polkua pitkin (kesti noin 4 tuntia).

Three-Country Cairn - Treriksrøysa

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Lost in Lapland

A summer lost in Finnish Lapland.

Locations include Levi, Kilpisjärvi, Three Nations Border Point, Aakenus, Ylläs and Saana.

Music: Landfill by Daughter

Passed Norwegian border

A dew minutes after the border. Scenery just kept gettin more beautiful after this point.

#54 Finland - Halti (1324m) - Highest mountain in Finland

The tallest highest mountain point in Finland

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BEDELU

Visiting the BEDELU tripoint (Tri-line actually). This appears in my border blog at

Snowmobiling at Norway Finland Sweden border

Song : Taylor Swift - Ready for it

My holidaytrip Kilpisjärvi(Finland)-Alta(Norway)-Nordkapp(Norway)-Karigasniemi(Finland).

My summer holidaytrip by rent car from Finland to Norway and back to Finland. There is no sound in video. Filmed with Gopro.
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Treriksröset - a new world record!

What do you do when you have an extra day in Lapland?

Challenge! Setting a new world record, crossing international borders 100 times in the least amount of time without ever going straight back into the country you came from.

Here done in 1 minute 37 seconds at the three borders point where Finland, Sweden and Norway meet.

The Triple Frontier

Junction of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay
where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge

FINOSE - 2014-09-06

My visit to the Finland, Norway, Sweden tripoint (place where the 3 countries meet) in September 2014. I apologise in advance for my massacring of the Swedish and Finnish place names in the commentary.

Trekking to Halti 303B Finnish highest peak

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HALTI

A snowmobile adventure through open fells to conquer Finland's highest point. The 55km (34mi) journey from the village of Kilpisjärvi up to Halti at 1,324m (4,344ft) took just under two hours by snowmobile where it would take anything from a full day by foot.

Norway will not give Halti Mount summit to Finland

Norway has rejected a plan to give its neighbour Finland a mountain to mark the centenary of its independence.
A social media campaign had proposed giving Halti mountain summit to Finland for its 100th birthday next year.
The border between the two countries runs up the mountain near its peak.
But Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said that sadly she had had to turn down the idea because the country's constitution prohibited any sacrifice of Norwegian territory.
Part of Halti mountain is already in Finland - and forms its current highest point - but the peak is 20m (66ft) across the border inside Norwegian territory.
Campaigners had proposed moving the border to give the summit, at 1,330m (4,363 ft), to Finland, saying the change would be barely visible on the map.
A general view of the Halti mountain, on the Finnish and Norwegian borders, in Enontekio, Finland.Image copyrightAP

The peak would have been a wonderful gift to Finland, campaigners say
They had argued that the peak would be a wonderful gift to our sister nation to mark its independence from Russia, and not a big loss to mountainous Norway, which has much higher peaks.
The campaign's Facebook page got 17,000 likes, with support from both sides of the border.
But it hit upon an insurmountable legal issue.
Border adjustments between countries raise challenging legal problems, among them linked to the Norwegian constitution, Ms Solberg wrote to Svein Leiros, the mayor of the town of Kaafjord in northern Norway, who supported the campaign.
Norway's 1814 constitution stipulates that the country is indivisible - and apparently not even an area the size of a football pitch can be split off.
We will instead consider another suitable gift to Finland on its anniversary, the prime minister added.

Hiking Europe N to S - Ep.8 - Climbing Halti in Finland

The mountains convince me to head to the highest point in Finland just as I arrive there, excited to cross my first international border!

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