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The Finnish-Swedish border is the border between the countries of Finland and Sweden. Almost the entire border runs through water: on land mostly along the Tornio River and through the Baltic Sea. Only a few kilometres of the border are on dry land. Because of the Schengen treaty and the Nordic Passport Union, the border can be crossed mostly freely. ==Course of the border== In the north, the Finnish–Swedish border begins from the Treriksröset tripoint at the border of Norway, located in the Koltajärvi lake near Kilpisjärvi. The first 230 metres of the border are in straight lines and marked with border signs.〔(Hallituksen esitys Eduskunnalle eräiden Suomen ja Ruotsin välisen valtakunnanrajan vuonna 2006 suoritetussa rajankäynnissä todettujen rajalinjan muutosten hyväksymisestä ), 2007. Accessed on 10 November 2012.〕 The border continues as a river border first along a small river to Kuohkimajärvi, then along Kuohkimajoki to Kilpisjärvi, then along the rivers Könkämäeno, Muonionjoki and Tornionjoki, a total of 555.5 kilometres down to Tornio. The river border runs along the deepest parts of the rivers (the thalweg), and is not marked with border signs; instead the border location is defined by the official maps of the border protocol.〔(Kansalaisen Karttapaikka ). Accessed on 10 November 2012.〕〔Tätilä, Pekka: Suomen ja Ruotsin valtakunnanraja - vuoden 2006 rajankäynti. ''Maanmittaus'', 2011, 86th year, issue 2, pp. 42-52. (Online version ) accessed on 19 October 2012.〕 The moving of the border has caused "sovereignty islands", where a part of the island's owners live in different countries than the island itself.〔(Lapin Ympäristökeskuksen raportteja 7/2008 #4.3: Suvereeniteettisaarten synty )〕 In Tornio, the border departs from the river: the centre of Tornio is located west of the river, but belongs to Finland. The border runs in straight lines for 4.03 kilometres between the cities of Tornio and Haparanda, and from there in straight lines 25.31 km as a maritime border mostly through sea, but also through islands including one called Kataja. In 1809 the border went between the islands Kataja and Inakari, but the post-glacial rebound has caused them to join into a single island. The border continues as a maritime border to a point in the Bothnian Bay, where the Finnish and Swedish territorial waters depart from each other.〔 In the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea, the Finnish and Swedish territorial waters are separated by international waters.〔(Översiktskartan ), online map. International waters marked in a different colour. Lantmäteriet. Accessed on 13 November 2012.〕 The territorial waters meet again in the Sea of Åland, where the countries have a maritime border of 15 kilometres.〔 The border crosses the island of Märket, which has a 470-metre long, complexly shaped border marked with border signs.〔 The international waters between the countries are divided into economic zones. The border between the economic zones mainly runs in straight lines through defined coordinate points. There have been agreements about the borders in 1972 and in 1994.〔(SOPIMUS Suomen ja Ruotsin välillä mannermaajalustan rajan määräämisestä Perämerellä, Selkämerellä, Ahvenanmerellä ja Itämeren pohjoisimmassa osassa ), 1972. Accessed on 13 November 2012.〕〔(SOPIMUS Suomen tasavallan ja Ruotsin kuningaskunnan välillä Suomen mannermaajalustan ja kalastusvyöhykkeen sekä Ruotsin talousvyöhykkeen välisen rajan määräämisestä Ahvenanmerellä ja pohjoisella Itämerellä ), 1994. Accessed on 13 November 2012.〕 The zone border continues south into the northern Baltic Sea to a point where it meets the zone border of Estonia. The tripoint between the economic zones is defined by a treaty signed in 2001.〔(SOPIMUS Suomen tasavallan hallituksen, Viron tasavallan hallituksen ja Ruotsin kuningaskunnan hallituksen välillä merivyöhykerajojen kohtauspisteestä Itämerellä ). Accessed on 13 November 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Finnish–Swedish border」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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