Norwegians with Swedish property threaten legal action over travel restrictions
A group of Norwegians are threatening a lawsuit against their home country over its Covid-19 travel restrictions that they say prevent them from visiting property they own in Sweden.
Right now, much of Sweden is deemed a high transmission area for the virus by Norwegian health officials, meaning travellers coming from Sweden are required to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Norway.
Swedish Radio News reports that a group of Norwegian who own property in Sweden are seeking to pressure the Norwegian authorities to ease their restrictions. They have even planned to move forward with a lawsuit against them.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Chamber of Commerce in Canada’s Northwest Territories balks at price tag for new COVID-19 secretariat, CBC News
Finland: Finnair to end flights to five regional airports, including to Kemi, Lapland, Yle News
Denmark: Faroe Islands updates COVID-19 guidelines for travellers, Eye on the Arctic
Greenland: Greenland approves revised COVID-19 strategy, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: Iceland extends bar, nightclub COVID-19 closures in capital area until September 27, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Finland, UK to remove travel restrictions on Sweden, Radio Sweden
United States: To stop coronavirus, Arctic communities took matters into their own hands. Can it last?, Blog by Mia Bennett
