Sweden–Finland border

E948976

international border state border

The Sweden–Finland border is the international boundary separating Sweden and Finland, largely following natural features like the Torne River and marking the division between the two Nordic states.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Finland–Sweden border	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ state border ⓘ
affectsIndigenousPeople	Sami people NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderRegime	no routine passport controls under Schengen Agreement ⓘ
country1	Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossesRiver	Könkämä River NERFINISHED ⓘ Muonio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Torne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
demarcatedBy	border markers along Torne River and land sections ⓘ
endPoint	Treriksröset NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Treaty of Fredrikshamn NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInYear	1809 ⓘ
ethnicRegion	Sápmi NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsNaturalFeature	Gulf of Bothnia NERFINISHED ⓘ Könkämä River NERFINISHED ⓘ Muonio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Torne River NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	bilateral agreements between Sweden and Finland ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing	Haparanda–Tornio border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Karesuando–Karesuvanto border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Pajala–Kolari border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Övertorneå–Ylitornio border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonument	Treriksröset border cairn NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	land border between Sweden and Finland ⓘ maritime border in the Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
historicalContext	resulted from Sweden’s cession of Finland to the Russian Empire ⓘ
landBorderLength	approximately 555 kilometres ⓘ
languageRegion	Finnish-speaking minority on Swedish side ⓘ Swedish-speaking minority on Finnish side ⓘ
locatedIn	Nordic countries NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
maritimeBorderLength	approximately 59 kilometres ⓘ
meetsAt	Treriksröset NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsCountriesAt	Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Schengen Area internal borders NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNearCity	Haparanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Kemi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tornio NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThroughRegion	Finnish Lapland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norrbotten County NERFINISHED ⓘ North Ostrobothnia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ostrobothnia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	Gulf of Bothnia near Haparanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZoneDifference	1 hour ⓘ
totalLength	approximately 614 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Sápmi → crossesInternationalBorder → Sweden–Finland border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finland–Sweden border

Torne River → hasPoliticalSignificance → Sweden–Finland border ⓘ