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Of course, in OTL, the two were at war over the St. Persburg area and the Baltics, but what if Peter the great instead decided to try to conquer parts of Northern Norway, like Finnmark and Troms counties? Then Sweden could have been an allied, with Sweden consentrating on conquering other parts of Norway. Controlling parts of Northern Norway would have given Russia much better access to the Atlantic. Wouldn´t this have been even more valuable to the Russians than the Baltic area and the St. Petersburg area?
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