The trifinium Finland - Norway - Sweden

The FINOSE trifinium marker is located on the Norwegian boundary between boundary middle marker 293 Aa and boundary marker 294 in Lake Golddajávri. The marker itself does not have any number, but is often called "293A" or "293B", although this assignment was never was given. In Norwegian language it is only called Treriksrøysa (lit. "Three countries' cairn").

In 1897 a cairn was raised on the Norwegian - Russian border at Golddajávri. (Finland was then a part of Russia). The trifinium is making the final end of a valley beginning in the end of the Lyngen Fjord.  Sweden ceded Finland to Russia in 1809. Five years later, in 1814, the Dano-Norwegian Union ended and by the end of the same year Norway and Sweden came under one king. 
The Norwegian-Russian boundary was demarcated in 1826.  Finland declared her independence from Russia in 1917 and the boundary was again demarcated in 1920, both times without change of boundary cairn location. 
A minor modification of the trifinium cairn occured in 1926, and "1926" was engraved on the top stone ("heart stone") into Finnish side. On Norwegian and Swedish side it says 1901, which is the year when the heart stone was erected. In 1926 the cairn was brushed down, later the upper part was painted yellow. 

The best way to reach the point is from Finnish side. In summer a taxi boat is taking you from the small boat harbour at Siilastupa near the village of Kilpisjävri across Lake Kilpisjävri to Koltaluokta at Swedish side of the lake. From this point it is about 3 kilometres to walk to the trifinium. 

FINOSE is the northernmost trifinium in the world!

Photo links:

Rolf Palmberg's European Tripoints (2004): http://www.vasa.abo.fi/users/rpalmber/BordersFNS.htm

Borderbase http://www.nicolette.dk/borderbase/tripoint.php?c1=49&c2=107&c3=133&orientation=

Sweden - Norway - Finland on one photo http://home1.swipnet.se/%7Ew-69731/troms/3riks/

Skibotn skole http://www.skibotn.gs.tr.no/skibotn/treriks.shtml