FINORU

Finland - Norway - Russia (FINORU)

The trifinium Norway - Finland - Russia

The trifinium Norway - Finland - Russia (NOFIRU) is located on the Krokfjellet hill (in Finnish and Russian Muotkavarre hill) (145 m.). Accessible via a marked trail at the end of a forestry road that starts between Noatun and Nyrud. Until 1944 this point used to be an ordinary Norwegian - Finnish boundary marker. Anybody violating the Norwegian - Russian border from Norwegian side will by the local police be rewarded a fine of NOK 5000 (EUR 600).

Tripoint marker and NORU vista (and a small part of FINO in the foreground) watched from Norwegian side at summer.

Finnish border zone sign at the tripoint marker at nice winter weather.

Norwegian border police inspection at not so nice winter weather.

Photos: © Frode Berg, Kirkenes.

Map: © Statens Kartverk, Oslo, Norway

Links:

DOCUMENTS

The Norwegian Border Commissioner http://www.grensekom.no/

Norway and Russia - The Cooperation! (Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) http://odin.dep.no/ud/engelsk/publ/veiledninger/032001-990667/

Finnish - Norwegian border history (Statkart) (Norwegian only) http://www.statkart.no/virksomh/forvaltning/admgren/grenfinland.html

Russian - Norwegian border history (Statkart) (Norwegian only)
http://www.statkart.no/virksomh/forvaltning/admgren/grenrusland.html

PHOTOS

Borderbase http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase/border.php?c1=107&c2=118

Norwegian Army (Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger) (Norwegian only) http://www.mil.no/haren/gsv/start/kompaniene/grensekompaniet/gjokasen/

Special Operations.com http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Norway/Borderguards/Grensekompaniet_Photos1.htm

Morten Berger (Norwegian only) http://www.home.no/mortenberger/grensejeger.htm

Otto and Mechtild Reuber (German only) http://www.reuber-norwegen.de/Finnmark/BilderTab_FinnmarkSoerVarangerPasvik02.html

Pasvik Cafe (Norwegian only) http://www.pasvik-cafe.no/treriksroysa.htm

Svanhovd miljøsenter (Norwegian only): http://www.pasvik.no/severdigheter/treriksroysa.html

Tinderanglerne (Norwegian only) - photographed from Finnish side http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/3571/pictures.html

Kirkenes tourist information - photographed from Russian/Norwegian side http://www.kirkenesinfo.no/ortschaften/ortschaften_pasvik_sehenswertes.htm

This page was last time updated on 17.09.06