"The police were notified of the border violation at 7:06 p.m. by the defence authorities," task force leader Maria Nilsen of the Finnmark Police District told Norwegian newswire NTB.
The incident occurred on Thursday at the border with Russia in Grense Jakobselv in Finnmark, northern Norway. The three Swedes were fined 8,000 kroner each for border violations.
The rules in the area along the Norwegian-Russian border are strict. It is prohibited to cross the border by land, sea or air, according to NTB.
It is also prohibited to have contact with people on the other side of the border, or to carry out threatening actions directed at or across the border.
The national border between Norway and Russia is 197.7 km long and is under surveillance by both countries' border authorities.
As the police state on their website, "The legislation is complicated so the best advise is to keep a safe distance to the border and conduct in such a way that border violations and other undesirable incidents are avoided."
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