Riksgrensa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rike (“realm, state”) +‎ grense (“border”)

Proper noun

Riksgrensa

  1. a stone wall on Midøya island made as a Swedish-Norwegian border in 1658 (during the months of Swedish occupation of Trøndelag, Nordmøre and Romsdal) or even before it. Still today is sometimes considered as the border between the Middle Norway and the Western Norway.
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