Sweden gets bigger – as Norway loses 500 square metres

2023-11-22T17:26:26.613Z

Highlights: Sweden gets bigger – as Norway loses 500 square metres. A stream in Aremark, Norway, which marks the border with the neighbouring country, has chosen an easier route to flow. That gives Sweden about 500 square meters of extra land to call its own. Every 25 years, the border map between Sweden and Norway is updated and now the Norwegian Border Commission has noted a new change for the countries' foreign ministries to approve."Nature goes its own way and it changes what Norway is and what Sweden is," says the landowner to NRK.

A stream in Aremark, Norway, which marks the border with the neighbouring country, has chosen an easier route to flow. That gives Sweden about 500 square meters of extra land to call its own.