The soldiers' main task is to function as border guards on the Russian border, guarding not only the border to a neighbouring country, but also the European border according to the Schengen Agreement.
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In addition to the border stations, the checkpoint at Storskog is the only legal crossing point between Norway and Russia.
He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1860, and in 1870 he went on to become district stipendiary magistrate in Varanger.
The Brigade Nord commands all the operational units of the Army, with the exception of His Majesty the Kings Guard and the border patrol unit stationed in Sør-Varanger.
Sør-Varanger | Varanger |
Elvenes, Finnmark, a village in Sør-Varanger municipality, Finnmark county, Norway
Neiden, Norway, a village in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark county, Norway
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Neiden Chapel, a chapel in the village of Neiden, Sør-Varanger, Finnmark county, Norway
They currently live in and around the villages of Sevettijärvi, Keväjärvi, Nellim in the municipality of Inari, at several places in the Murmansk Oblast and in the village of Neiden in the municipality of Sør-Varanger.