Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Norway considers giving mountain to Finland as 100th birthday present

Norwegian government considers shifting border to gift its Nordic neighbour a peak that would become its highest point

Jon Henley
@jonhenley

Thursday 28 July 2016 10.31 EDT

What do you give a country that has 188,000 lakes for a birthday present? Its highest mountain back, obviously.

Norway’s government has confirmed that for the centenary of Finland’s independence next year it is considering moving the border, gifting its Nordic neighbour a mountain peak that would be the country’s highest point.

“There are a few formal difficulties and I have not yet made my final decision,” the Norwegian prime minister, Erna Solberg, told NRK, the national broadcaster. “But we are looking into it.”

At 1,324 metres above sea level, the highest point in Finland currently lies on a bleak mountain spur known as Hálditšohkka, part of a far larger fell known as Halti, more than 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/28/norway-finland-move-mountain-halti-halditsohkka-highest-peak

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[madaboutharry]

1. Norwegians are very generous

people. 😉

[Kahina_Loren]

4. Hey, I liked that mountain.

They didn't ask me

Seriously it would be a pretty cool gesture I guess.

Now, give me a lake someone

[cannabis_flower]

8. If..

countries are giving away things I want an island!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That would be very nice of them!

[jtuck004]

3. "Damn. Look at the size of that rock!" n/t

[JaneQPublic]

5. Thanks, Guardian, for ruining the surprise. (nt)

[paleotn]

6. You've got to love Nordic countries. n/t

[Mendocino]

7. Meanwhile China is turning

rocks, reefs and sand spits into sovereign territory.

[hunter]

9. I wish all international news was like this!