Jens Martinus Vest-Vestergaard was almost at home on the Swedish side when the traffic was stopped completely at 18:45.
- We came as close as 150 meters from the border control, then it stopped.
We stood there for almost exactly two hours before the traffic started to roll again, says Jens Martinus Vest-Vestergaard.
"Safe three kilometers"
He describes how the sex behind him only grew and grew while they stood still.
- The queue was probably over three kilometers long behind us, says Jens Martinus Vest-Vestergaard.
He is upset and says that he might have expected a small delay, but nothing of this magnitude.
- It has been said that it would not be a problem for us commuters to drive back and forth.
Tomorrow I'm staying home.
I actually do not intend to hang out here in any car queue on Christmas Eve, says Jens Martinus Vest-Vestergaard.
Only at 9 pm could he finally roll in across the border.
Police: "Inventory hour by hour"
Police spokeswoman Ewa-Gun Westford says the traffic situation has been strained from time to time.
- There has been too much traffic and too little control staff at certain times today.
Sometimes we need to do deeper checks and then it can take time.
But we inventory the staff resources hour by hour and work to ensure that the traffic flows well, says Ewa-Gun Westford.
She believes that you can expect similar queues tomorrow as well.
- We do not know for sure before we are there, but you can definitely imagine that there will be queues tomorrow as well, says Ewa-Gun Westford.
She urges patience.
- It is no wonder that it takes time.
We must control 100 percent of everyone who wants to enter Sweden.
We received the message late yesterday and have had to adapt to the resources we have at hand, but arm yourselves with patience, says Ewa-Gun Westford.