Riksgränsen Station
Encyclopedia
Riksgränsen Station is a railway station located on the Norway
–Sweden
border at Riksgränsen
, one kilometer into Sweden. The station opened in 1902 as part of the Ofot Line and Malm Line
, and was the location of the switching between Norwegian and Swedish operations.
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...
–Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
border at Riksgränsen
Riksgränsen
Riksgränsen, The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The skiing season is from February to June...
, one kilometer into Sweden. The station opened in 1902 as part of the Ofot Line and Malm Line
Malmbanan
The Iron Ore Line is a long railway line between Riksgränsen and Boden in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The line contains two branches, from Kiruna to Svappavaara and from Gällivare to Koskullskulle. The term is often colloquially used to also include the Ofoten Line, from Riksgränsen to Narvik in...
, and was the location of the switching between Norwegian and Swedish operations.