I found the followning in today's Göteborgs-Posten
(Swedish newspaper).
As the article is in Swedish, I will do my
best to translate it into English. (At the bottom the article can be see in
Swedish).
Norway looses land to
Finland
Oslo: Norway has lost an island to Finland.
It is situated in the middle of the border-river Anarjohka by the lake Vuolit
Galgujarvi, about 70 km from Karasjok. After three years of examinations, the
conclusion is the fact that the island was Finnish, and now all that remains is
the formalities before the island can be handed over to Finland, says Aftenposten (Norweigan
newspaper).
Even though Finland nor Norway have any strategical
interests on the island, which is about 1000 square-meters, the new
delimitation will be the main result of the examination - an
examination that is done every 25 year. The border between Norway and Finland is
736 km long. (TT)
Note 1: I found this news article in the
paper edition of Göteborgs-Posten, I have not fond the article in the
internet editions of the newspapers nor att TT.
Note 2: If you compare figures between the
English and the Swedish text, 1 mil = 10 km
In Swedish.
Norge tappar mark till
Finland
Oslo: Norge har förlorat en ö till Finland. Den
ligger mitt i gränsälven Anarjohka vid sjön Vuolit Galgujavri drygt sju mil från
Karasjok. Det tog tre år av undersökningar att komma fram till att ön s själva
verket var finländsk, och nu återstår endast formaliteter innan ön kan
överlämnas till Finland, uppger Aftenposten.
Trots att varken Finland eller Norge har några
strategiska intressen på den cirka 1000 kvadratmeter lilla ön, blir
gränsdragningen det största resultatet av gränsundersökningen - en granskning
som görs vart 25:e år. Gränsen mellan Norge och Finland är totalt 73,6 mil lång.
(TT)
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Christian
Berghänel
Sweden