Grenseposter i Grense Jakobselv

Grense Jakobselv (nordsamisk: Vuorjánjohka) grend i Sør-Varanger kommune i Finnmark. Grenda ligger i et lite dalføre hvor Jakobselva renner nordover ut i Varangerfjorden. Elva markerer grensen mot Russland. Tidligere var det permanent bosetting i dalen, men denne ble fraflyttet sent på 1970-tallet og tidlig på 1980-tallet. Forsvaret har sin nordligste grensestasjon i Grense Jakobselv, bemannet av personell fra grensekompaniet i Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger.

For å markere Norges suverenitet over områdene øst til Jakobselva ble det bygget et kapell i Grense Jakobselv. Det ble innviet i 1869. Kapellet fikk sitt navn, Kong Oscar IIs kapell, ved kongens besøk i 1873. (Wikip.) A small village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the shore of the Barents Sea at the mouth of the Jakobselva river. It lies about 54 kilometres (34 mi) by road east of the town of Kirkenes. The area was settled by Norwegians in 1851. The Jakobselva river forms the border with Russia, on the east side of Grense Jakobselv. Here, there is a small post of the Garrison of Sør-Varanger of the Norwegian Army, from where soldiers patrol the border. In this area, however, there is no public border crossing. In the village, there is a stone chapel built in 1869 called King Oscar II Chapel. The church was built to reinforce Norway's territorial claim to the area, and was named after King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway at a visit he made in 1873. Grense Jakobselv is the point in mainland Norway farthest by road from Norway's capital Oslo. It is 2,465 kilometres (1,532 mi) by a route entirely within Norway. (W)

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Grense Jakobselv (nordsamisk: Vuorjánjohka) grend i Sør-Varanger kommune i Finnmark. Grenda ligger i et lite dalføre hvor Jakobselva renner nordover ut i Varangerfjorden. Elva markerer grensen mot Russland. Tidligere var det permanent bosetting i dalen, men denne ble fraflyttet sent på 1970-tallet og tidlig på 1980-tallet. Forsvaret har sin nordligste grensestasjon i Grense Jakobselv, bemannet av personell fra grensekompaniet i Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger.<br />
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For å markere Norges suverenitet over områdene øst til Jakobselva ble det bygget et kapell i Grense Jakobselv. Det ble innviet i 1869. Kapellet fikk sitt navn, Kong Oscar IIs kapell, ved kongens besøk i 1873. (Wikip.) A small village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the shore of the Barents Sea at the mouth of the Jakobselva river. It lies about 54 kilometres (34 mi) by road east of the town of Kirkenes. The area was settled by Norwegians in 1851. The Jakobselva river forms the border with Russia, on the east side of Grense Jakobselv. Here, there is a small post of the Garrison of Sør-Varanger of the Norwegian Army, from where soldiers patrol the border. In this area, however, there is no public border crossing. In the village, there is a stone chapel built in 1869 called King Oscar II Chapel. The church was built to reinforce Norway's territorial claim to the area, and was named after King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway at a visit he made in 1873. Grense Jakobselv is the point in mainland Norway farthest by road from Norway's capital Oslo. It is 2,465 kilometres (1,532 mi) by a route entirely within Norway. (W)