    european route e&nbsp;6 is the designation for the main north-south road in norway, and the west coast of sweden, running from the southern tip of sweden, at trelleborg, into norway and through almost all of the country north to finnmark. the route ends in kirkenes close to the russian border. its length is . this road was called e&nbsp;6 in the old "e" road system before 1985 and previously continued to rome. it was given the number e&nbsp;47 (but not signposted) in the new system on most of the scandinavian part (helsingborgâolderfjord), and e&nbsp;6 only for the northernmost  (from olderfjord in finnmark). after a political negotiation all of the scandinavian part was given the number e&nbsp;6 also in the new system which was introduced in scandinavia 1992. from south to north, e&nbsp;6 follows the route trelleborg, malmÃ¶, helsingborg, halmstad, gothenburg, svinesund in sweden, then crossing the border into norway, where the road goes through halden, sarpsborg, moss, oslo, gardermoen, hamar, lillehammer, dombÃ¥s, oppdal, melhus, trondheim, stjÃ¸rdal, verdal, steinkjer, grong, mosjÃ¸en, mo i rana, saltdal, fauske, then further up to hamarÃ¸y with a ferry from bognes to skarberget then on via narvik, setermoen, nordkjosbotn, skibotn, alta, olderfjord, lakselv, karasjok, varangerbotn, and kirkenes, where the road terminates just east of the town center. the road e&nbsp;6 is a 2+2 lane motorway from outside trelleborg to kolomoen south of hamar, about 690&nbsp;km, except for two short gaps (north of uddevalla, and north of gardermoen) which are ordinary road, but will be a motorway in 2015. some stretches further north also have four lanes or motorway standard. the rest of the road is ordinary road, usually 6â10 m wide. some parts in the north of norway are less than  wide, making it very tight when heavy vehicles meet. it is also often very curvy, at least on the northern half, north of trondheim. the road e&nbsp;6 passes over treeless mountain passes in a few places 
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