Øvre Pasvik National Park lies in Sør-Varanger municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The park was opened in 1970 and was originally 63 km². In 2003 the park size was increased to 119 km², at the same time that the adjacent Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde, a national protected area, was opened with an area of 170 km².
The national park is part of the Siberian-like taiga that sprawls on both sides of the Russia-Norway border. In 1992 a twin zapovednik was established by the Russian authorities in Pechengsky District across the border under the name Pasvik State Nature Reserve.
The tripointFinland-Norway-Russia lies near the southernmost point of the national park; at that point, not only do three countries meet, but also three different time zones: Russia to the south uses Moscow Time, UTC+3; Finland to the west uses Eastern European Time, UTC+2; and Norway to the north and east of the tripoint uses Central European Time, UTC+1.
