Swedish and Norwegian police to share unique border station next week
- Swedish and Norwegian police move in together next week, sharing a police station built on the actual border between the countries.
- “It’s a very unique building because we’re building this police station right on the border between Sweden and Norway, so half of the building is in Sweden and the other half is in Norway,” superintendent Jonas Wendel, head of the Swedish police district of Arvika, in Värmland tells Radio Sweden.
- Rules don’t permit a property to be built on or close to a national border and while an exception has been made for the new, shared police station, Jonas Wendell says there have been many obstacles to overcome.
Radio Sweden
For more on the new policing set up between Sweden and Norway, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Town hall meeting called in Mayo, Yukon, to talk about drug crisis, CBC News
Finland: Finland, Sweden boost security in North with new police cooperation agreement, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Drug smugglers exploiting snow and ice in northern Sweden, Radio Sweden
United States: Alaska’s drug problem worsening as police resources strained, Alaska Public Media
