The Strange Zigzag Border Between Sweden and Finland 😳#shorts #ytshorts #sweden #finland

Why does the border between Sweden and Finland turn into a strange zigzag on a tiny island? 🇸🇪🇫🇮 This tiny rocky island in the Baltic Sea is called Märket. It’s so small that it’s compared to the size of a Costco parking lot. In the early 19th century, Finland was part of Sweden. But after Sweden lost a war with the Russian Empire ⚔️ Finland became Russian territory and a new border appeared right across Märket Island. Nearly 100 years later, Finland built a lighthouse on the island to guide ships through the dangerous waters 🌊 The problem? The lighthouse was accidentally built on the Swedish side of the border. And this is usually where history turns messy… ⚔️ But not this time. Instead of starting a conflict, Sweden and Finland agreed on a simple solution: redraw the border around the lighthouse while keeping the land area equal for both countries. That’s how the strange zigzag border appeared, one of the most polite border adjustments in European history 🤝
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