PHOTO: Norway removes barriers on the Swedish border

Photo: Henrik Diskerud Meyer / Halden kommune / NTB

Next Wednesday, all border crossings in Norway will open. In Halden, the physical barriers were removed on Friday.

The Holtet and Tyslingmoen border crossings were physically closed on January 22. Two hundred fifty-two days later, the barriers were removed.

“I know that it means a lot to our friends on the Swedish side as well. We live in the same neighborhood. We want to return to where you do not notice the national borders,” communications consultant in Halden Municipality Henrik Diskerud Meyer told the newspaper VG.

The crossing will remain formally closed until Wednesday, and it will be a criminal offense to cross the border until then.

The barriers that have been set up on the national border between Norway and Sweden were removed on Friday. The government has decided to open all border crossings to Norway from midnight to Wednesday, October 6. Photo: Henrik Diskerud Meyer / Halden Municipality / NTB

Halden has a total of four border crossings, but only two have been physically blocked. Kornsjø has been closed, but not physically, while the crossing at Svinesund has been open with strict corona control.

The border stations Holtet, Tyslingmoen, and Kornsjø will not have their own corona testing stations. Travelers who have to get tested must go to Svinesund or another public testing station as quickly as possible and no later than 24 hours after their arrival to Norway.

Source: © NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today / #NorwayTodayNews

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