When Norway closed the border at the end of January for all commuters except those with socially important occupations, an estimated 6,000 Swedes were excluded from their workplaces.
For just over a week now, the Solvit Sweden unit at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, which among other things monitors that the laws on free movement are followed by countries that are part of EU and EEA cooperation, has received 14 reports and several inquiries from people who no longer come to their workplaces in Norway.
This is twice as many reports as the authority usually receives in total in one week.
The problem: Been without compensation
From March 1, the border is open again for day commuters.
But Solvit will still investigate whether there is any EU law violation in the Norwegian state's actions that has affected those who have so far not been able to work.
- We can not raw on the closed border as such, but we are happy to look at the issue because many have expressed that they are without compensation, says Charlotte von Mentzer EU legal lawyer.