Grense Jakobselv is a small settlement on the Barents Sea

Barents Sea

The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of Norway and Russia. Known in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the sea takes its current name from the Dutch navigator Willem Barents...

 at the mouth of the Jakobselva

Jakobselva (Sør-Varanger)

The Jakobselva is a river on the border of Sør-Varanger municipality in Finnmark, Norway, and Murmansk Oblast in Russia.The river is also known as the Grense Jakobselv River...

 river, in Finnmark

Finnmark

or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It lies 54 km by road east of Kirkenes

Kirkenes

is a town in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in the county of Finnmark in the far northeast of Norway...

.

The river forms the border

Russia–Norway border

The border between Russia and Norway, formerly the border between the Soviet Union and the NATO member state Norway, consists of a long land borderline, from the Finnish border to the coastline at Grense Jakobselv in northernmost Norway and north-west Russia, and a maritime border which extends...

 with Russia

Russia

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, and there is a small post of the Sør-Varanger garrison

Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger

The Sør-Varanger Garrison is a military camp located next to Høybuktmoen Airport near Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger, Norway. The Garrison is under the control of the Norwegian Army and is organized as a battalion. The garrison...

 of the Norwegian Army

Norwegian Army

Norway achieved full independence in 1905, and in the first century of its short life has contributed to two major conflicts, the Cold War and the War on Terror. The Norwegian Army currently operates in the north of Norway and in Afghanistan as well as in Eastern Europe. The Army is the oldest of...

, from where border patrols are made. However there is no public border crossing at this point.

In the village there is a stone chapel built in 1869 called King Oscar II's Chapel. The church was built to reinforce Norway's territorial claim to the area, and was named after Oscar II of Sweden and Norway.

Grense Jakobselv is the point in mainland Norway furthest by road from Norway's capital

Capital City

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 Oslo: 2,465 km by a route entirely within Norway Google maps

Google Maps

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: Oslo Central Station - E18

European route E18

European route E18 runs from Craigavon in the United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It is about 1,890 km in length.-United Kingdom:...

 (2 km) - Rv190 (5.5 km) - E6

European route E6

European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...

 (121 km) - Rv3 (272 km) - E6 (1501 km) - Rv93 (97 km) - Rv92 (97 km) - E6 (316 km) - E105

European route E105

The E 105 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.The E 105 starts from Hesseng, , Norway and runs along the Russian route M18, Russian route M10, Russian route M2 and Ukrainian route M18 to Yalta, Ukraine.Major towns and cities on the...

 (9,5 km) - Rv886 (44 km), but about 510 km shorter by a route through Sweden and Finland.

External links

• Tourist information website
• Conduct and Travel at the Norwegian - Russian Border - Norges Grensekommissær