There have been queues into Norway several days this week along the border crossings with Sweden. The queue problem persists this weekend. Photo: Torstein Bøe / NTB
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Vegtrafikksentralen reports long queues at the open border crossings with Sweden, while on Saturday morning there were long queues at Oslo Airport after the reopening.
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A woman said at 6 o’clock on Saturday NRK that she had been queuing for an hour and a half for check-in at Oslo Airport.
Press officer Caroline Marie Nilsen in Avinor confirms that the queues were long on Saturday morning. As of today, it is not possible to check in at the vending machines because all passengers going abroad must be checked manually.
Press manager Jon Eckhoff at SAS confirms that their passengers had to stand in a long queue for check-in on Saturday morning. He points out that there is strict document control and says it goes faster if the passengers have the documents prepared.
By pressing this link you can register before you arrive at the border stations in Norway.
Cows along the Swedish border
The police announced on Friday that they would take action to reduce the queue at the border crossing at Svinesund, but Vegtrafikksentralen east reports still long queues here as well.
– There are long queues at the open border crossings. Customs and police report that the main reason for the queues is that many who cross the border into Norway have not filled in the entry registration form before arriving in Norway, they write on Twitter on Saturday afternoon.
They also encourage people to keep their documents in order and spend the waiting time just filling out this form so that there is no queue.
The measures at Svinesund will mainly help the transport services and others who have necessary errands in Sweden. These have got their own bridge they can cross.
Solberg: Should be happy in line
The travel advice for Norwegians will change from 5 July, but there are still strict requirements for documentation both on departure from and return to Norway. Many countries also continue to have restrictions.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) said at the press conference on Friday about the reopening of Norway that one should expect a queue if one is to travel this summer.
– After all the sun marks, it is the case that if you are going out and traveling this summer, you should be happy in line when you return. Bring a good mood and remember that the queue is there for the sake of health, openness and the jobs of people in Norway, Solberg said.
Assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad tells NRK that it will probably be troublesome to travel in and out of Norway at least until the beginning of July.
– It will probably be troublesome all over Europe now I think to travel around until you find out how to solve this, but in early July you will probably find arrangements for this that make it easier, he says.
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