Three-Country Cairn (Treriksröset) is the point at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet, and the name of the monument that marks the point. It is an example of a geographical feature known as a tripoint.
A monument of stones was erected on the site in 1897 by the governments of Norway and Russia (which was administering Finland at the time). The Swedish could not agree on a boundary commission with the Norwegians and did not contribute their stone until 1901. This is Sweden's most northerly point and it is the westernmost point of the Finnish mainland (the most westerly point of Finland is on the island Märket).
It may be reached by walking 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Kilpisjärvi in Finland along a hiking trail in the Malla Strict Nature Reserve. In summertime, it can be reached by boat from Kilpisjärvi plus a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) walk. And that's the path we took 😊
July 22, 2019
Sweden, Malmö
Staycation in Sweden instead of doing the world one more time.
So, the last couple of years has been filled with a lot of travel. Mostly Japan, since my beloved A lived there. But since she now moved to Sweden, we thought a two week road trip from Malmö down south in Sweden, all the way up to Three-Country Cairn in the north with some stops in Finland and Norway, would be a perfect trip.
