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Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. The topography of Lapland varies from vast mires and forests in the south to fells in the north.
Lapland (not the same as Sápmi), an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern parts of Sweden, Finland.. Lapland (Finland) (Lappi/Lappland), a Finnish region Lapland (former province of Finland) (Lappi/Lappland), a province of Finland 1938–2009
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Northern Lapland is a subdivision of Finnish Lapland and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. It is the largest and most sparsely populated sub-region in Finland. It is the largest and most sparsely populated sub-region in Finland.
The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions:
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The present-day Finnish region, modern province of Lapland contains also an Ostrobothnian area called Peräpohjola outside of the historical Laponia. The historical province formed a part of a larger Swedish historical province of Laponia before Finland was ceded to Russia in September 1809.
The Province of Lapland (Finnish: Lapin lääni, Swedish: Lapplands län) was a province of Finland from 1938 to 2009. It was established in 1938, when it was separated from the Province of Oulu . After the Second World War, the Petsamo municipality (former province) and part of the Salla municipality were ceded to the Soviet Union .