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Challenging border crossings

The old Svinesund Bridge remains, as do some border obstacles. Photo: Karin Beate Nøsterud/norden.org CC

What is a border obstacle?

The Nordic border obstacle cooperation defines border obstacles as “a rule, administrative practice, or lack of coordination between Nordic countries that makes it more difficult for individuals or businesses to move, work, study, or conduct business across Nordic borders."

It is also considered a border obstacle if a person, by exercising their right to mobility, ends up with worse conditions than other people in a comparable situation – either in their country of residence or in their country of work.

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