page_title: Norway–Russia border
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Norway–Russia border / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Grense Jakobselv village and river in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, next to the Russian border. The photo is taken towards South - the left side of the river belongs to Russia and the right side to Norway. Suomi: Grense Jakobselvin kylää ja samanniminen joki Etelä-Varangin kunnassa, Finnmarkin läänissä, Norjassa. Kuva on otettu etelään päin - joen vasemmalla puolella näkyy Venäjää.
context_page_description: The border between Norway and Russia consists of a 195.7-kilometer land border between Sør-Varanger, Norway, and Pechengsky District, Russia, and a 23.2-kilometer marine border in the Varangerfjord. It further consists of a border between the two countries' exclusive economic zones in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Between 1944 and 1991 the border was between Norway and the Soviet Union. There is a single border crossing, on E105, located at Storskog in Norway and Borisoglebsky in Russia. The Norwegian side is patrolled by the Garrison of Sør-Varanger and is under the jurisdiction of the Norwegian Border Commissioner, while the Russian side is patrolled by the Border Guard Service of Russia. Two-thirds of the border follows two rivers, the Pasvikelva and Jakobselva.
  The border was defined as a march in a treaty in 1326 and separated which parts of the Sami could be taxed by Norway and Russia. The border line was defined by a treaty in 1826 and essentially remains the same border today. In 1920 Petsamo was ceded to Finland and the border became part of the Finland–Norway border. Petsamo was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944 and the Norway–Soviet Union border was established.
caption: Grense Jakobselv is located immediately on the Norwegian side of the border
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