Svinesund
Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad in the province of Bohuslän in the county of Västra Götaland from the Norwegian municipality of Halden in the county of Østfold.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Halvorsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Svinesund Bridge and Svinesund Bridge.
Old Svinesund Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Svinesund Bridge is situated 280 metres east of Svinesund.
Svinesund Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Håkon Aurlien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Svinesund Bridge is a through arch bridge crossing Iddefjord at Svinesund, and joining Sweden and Norway. Svinesund is a sound separating the Swedish municipality of Strömstad from the Norwegian municipality of Halden, and thus it is the border between Norway and Sweden in this region. Svinesund Bridge is situated 1 km southwest of Svinesund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halden.
Halden
Town
Photo: Dark Apostrophe, CC BY 3.0.
Halden is a town, which is situated 8 km northeast of Svinesund.
Svinesund
- Type: Dwelling
- Categories: strait, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Halden, Østfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.0981° or 59° 5′ 53″ northLongitude
11.26633° or 11° 15′ 59″ eastElevation
59 metres (194 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO SVDOpen location code
9FFH37X8+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 6263300958OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwellingGeoNames ID
2669890Wikidata ID
Q1891070
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Svinesund” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Svinesund (fyord)”
- Cebuano: “Svinesund”
- Chinese: “斯維納松德”
- Chinese: “斯維納鬆德”
- Czech: “Svinesund”
- Danish: “Svinesund”
- Dutch: “Svinesund”
- Esperanto: “Svinesund”
- French: “Svinesund”
- German: “Schweinesund”
- German: “Svinesund”
- Hebrew: “סווינסונד”
- Javanese: “Svinesund”
- Malay: “Svinesund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svinesund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svinesund”
- Norwegian: “Svinesund”
- Portuguese: “Svinesund”
- Spanish: “Svinesund”
- Swedish: “Svinesund”
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