Norway–Soviet Union border

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international border land border state border

The Norway–Soviet Union border was a remote Arctic land boundary between Norway and the Soviet Union that marked one of the northernmost frontiers between NATO and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Norway–Russia border 1
Norway–Soviet Union border canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border ⓘ
land border ⓘ
state border ⓘ
adjacentTo Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwegian county of Finnmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith NATO–Soviet military tensions NERFINISHED ⓘ
border incidents and surveillance flights ⓘ
borderControl controlled by Norwegian border guards ⓘ
strictly controlled on the Soviet side ⓘ
characterizedAs remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
climate Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
subarctic ⓘ
countryBorder Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossingRegime highly restricted during the Cold War ⓘ
demarcatedBy border fences on the Soviet side ⓘ
border markers ⓘ
endPoint Barents Sea coast near Grense Jakobselv NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy bilateral border agreements between Norway and the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasSection border along the Varangerfjord area ⓘ
land border along the Pasvik valley ⓘ
historicalEvent became Norway–Russia border after dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the northernmost land borders between NATO and the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
languageOfSignage Norwegian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
length approximately 196 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
notableLocality Grense Jakobselv NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirkenes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cold War frontiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATO–Warsaw Pact frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Norway–Russia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityRole proximity to Soviet Northern Fleet bases on Kola Peninsula ⓘ
strategic access point to the Barents Sea ⓘ
separates Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint tripoint with Finland at Muotkavaara ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
terrain taiga forest ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedAs frontier for intelligence gathering ⓘ
frontier for military surveillance ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NATO external border during Cold War → includesSection → Norway–Soviet Union border ⓘ
Sápmi → crossesInternationalBorder → Norway–Soviet Union border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norway–Russia border