Three-Country Cairn

The Three-Country Cairn (Finnish: Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki, Northern Sami: Golmma riikka urna, Norwegian: Treriksrøysa, Swedish: Treriksröset) is the tripoint at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet, and the name of the monument that marks the point.

It was decided in 1887 by the governments of Norway and Russia (which was administering Finland at the time) that the southern river was now larger.

The current tripoint monument was built in 1926 and is a beige, conical frustum made of concrete, located about 10 metres (33 ft) out in Lake Goldajärvi (also known as Koltajärvi in Finnish, Golddajávri in Sami or Koltajaure in Sweden).

It may be reached by walking 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Kilpisjärvi in Finland along a hiking trail in the Malla Strict Nature Reserve.

It is much more difficult to reach from inside Sweden, requiring at least a 70 km hike each way with river crossings.

Finnish troops raising a flag on the cairn in April 1945 at the close of the Second World War in Finland