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Norway Wants To Gift A Mountain To Finland On Its 100th Birthday

Such a lovely birthday present.
File photo of the Halti mountain on the Finnish and Norwegian borders.
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File photo of the Halti mountain on the Finnish and Norwegian borders.

HELSINKI -- Norway is considering moving a mountain — or at least its peak — to neighbouring Finland.

Anne Nordskog, a spokeswoman for Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, said Wednesday the government is contemplating a proposal to give the Halti peak as a gift to Finland next year as the Finns celebrate 100 years of independence.

Most of the mountain is on the Finnish side of their northern border but the peak of 1,331 meters (4,367 feet) is in Norway. The proposal would redraw the border to put the peak in Finland.

While mountainous Norway has several peaks that are higher, Finland's highest mountain is 1,325 meters.

Former Norwegian state surveyor Bjorn Geirr Harsson, who came up with the proposal, said "it would be nice to give Finland an extra 6 meters (20 feet)."

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