`  == Questionable Border Theory... ==  ``a large percentage of the Norwegian population lives near Sweden, while no main population centres of Sweden lie near the Norwegian border``  True, but surely that would mean that the Norwegians were not influenced by the Swedes along the border in the same way that the Swedes are not influenced by the Norwegians! If they live near a border with very few people on the other side then it's very unlikely that it would influence their language, surely?`