Unlock carrier locked iPhone(perhaps refurbished

Hello,
I've purchased a used iPhone 3GS 16gb 2 years ago.
The person selling the phone said that it was carrier locked to 3 in Denmark but it turned out that it was possible to use it with 3 in Sweden( where I live) as well. However when restoring it I need to start it up with a pre-paid 3 sim-card from Denmark, after that the Swedish one works fine.
Since the 2 year time period for unlocking must have expired I now thought about unlocking it, however when I contacted 3 in Denmark they couldn't find the IMEI number in their system...
So my question is could this be a refurbished phone? If so how can you then unlock it if the carrier can't find the IMEI number in their systems?

That may be because you have a Swedish sim in the iPhone ( if I followed your changes correctly )
All carriers need to see the iPhone active on their system before they can unlock
Must admit I haven't come across any time limit for unlocking
put the Danish sim in use it in or by the Danish mainland and they will then probably see it

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I did insert my Dutch Vodafone simcard on the Iphone and it works.
I read on some newsgroup that at some point I will not be able to make use this phone, because Sprint would give a certain window to activate the Iphone and if you don't do it, then it would lock the usage of any simcard beside a Sprint simcard. Due to latter, I got nervous and wanted to check this to be sure that there is no need to get stressed all about it.
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had tested it in US by inserting a Dutch T-mobile simcard and a Dutch Vodafone simcard in this Iphone.
And I was able to calls and receive calls with both Dutch simcards on this Iphone in US.
Upon arrival back in The Netherlands I was able to make use of the 4G/LTE capabilities.
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Based on above facts, what would your answer be? Did I miss something else that I needed to take account on?
And to be frankly, looking at the paid price for the Iphone 6 64GB of approx 749 USD (paid in Nov 2014) and the price offered for a Iphone 6 64GB icm Sprint subscription would be 299 USD (as of today, Jan 2015). I would assume that I have unlocked version. Wouldn't you agree on this?

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