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Treaty of Novgorod, signed on June 3, 1326 in Novgorod, marked the end of decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in the far-northern region called Finnmark
Finnmark

or Finnm?rku is a Counties of Norway in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast....
. The terms were an armistice for 40 years. A few years earlier, Republic of Novgorod had settled its conflict with Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 in the Treaty of Nöteborg
Treaty of Nöteborg

Treaty of N?teborg, also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is a conventional name for the peace treaty that was signed at Orekhovets on August 12 1323....
.

The treaty did not delineate the border but rather stipulated which part of the Sami people
Sami people

The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
 would pay tribute to Norway and which to Novgorod, creating a kind of buffer zone in between the countries.






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Treaty of Novgorod, signed on June 3, 1326 in Novgorod, marked the end of decades of the Norwegian-Novgorodian border skirmishes in the far-northern region called Finnmark
Finnmark

or Finnm?rku is a Counties of Norway in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast....
. The terms were an armistice for 40 years. A few years earlier, Republic of Novgorod had settled its conflict with Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 in the Treaty of Nöteborg
Treaty of Nöteborg

Treaty of N?teborg, also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is a conventional name for the peace treaty that was signed at Orekhovets on August 12 1323....
.

The treaty did not delineate the border but rather stipulated which part of the Sami people
Sami people

The S?mi people, are the indigenous people Indigenous peoples of Europe inhabiting S?pmi , which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia....
 would pay tribute to Norway and which to Novgorod, creating a kind of buffer zone in between the countries. The treaty remained in effect until the 19th century and was never abrogated by any of the powers. It eventually led into a situation where Sami people were freely exploited, some of them forced to pay taxes to all surrounding powers at the same time, including to the Birkarls
Birkarls

Birkarls were a small, unofficially organized Finnish group that controlled taxing and commerce in central Lappmarken in Sweden during the 13th to 17th centuries....
 from Swedish Finland.