Svanvik, Finnmark

Svanvik is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located south of the town of Kirkenes and its on the north bank of Svanevatn, a lake in the Paatsjoki river basin. The village had a population of 250 in 2019.
Svanvik Church, Pasvik Folk College, and Øvre Pasvik National Park are located in Svanvik. Svanvik has its own primary and secondary school, Pasvik School. The school is located approximately north of Pasviktunet.

Svanvik border station

Svanvik has one of the border guard stations on the Norway–Russia border, but it is not a border crossing station. From Svanvik, they keep an eye on, among other things, the Russian mining town of Nikel, which is only from Svanvik. Like Skogfoss and Gjøkåsen, Svanvik is located by the Paatsjoki river. The station bears the name of the village in which it is located and is part of the community.

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