Many are forced to turn around at the border in Långflon this sunny summer day.
Nikolai Meukow from Germany looks distrustfully at the signs announcing that the border is closed.
- We have covidpass so we thought we could travel freely.
Now we have to take a detour.
A very long detour.
He shakes his head.
"It's totally sick"
Behind him, John Bobby Torkilsrud has parked.
He is Norwegian, but has bothered through Sweden to visit a friend some distance into the Norwegian side.
He is now informed that the nearest open border station is a couple of hours' journey south.
- Is anyone joking?
It's completely sick, he exclaims angrily.
Not the capacity to open more
In Värmland, there are only three border crossings that are open for passage into Norway, and only 13 of a total of 68 along the entire national border.
According to Chief of Staff Lars Lyckander Aune in the Norwegian Police Directorate, the reason is that all entrants are registered and checked in order to be able to detect infection in the event of an outbreak of covid-19.
- It is very resource-intensive and we do not have the capacity to open more transitions, he says.
Hear the upset voices from the border in the clip above