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  2. Lapland (Sweden) - Wikipedia

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    Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: Lappi, Meänkieli: Lappi Latin: Lapponia), is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders the Swedish provinces of Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, and Norrbotten, as well as Norway and Finland. Nearly a quarter of Sweden's land area is in Lappland.

  3. Laponian area - Wikipedia

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    The Laponian area is a large mountainous wildlife area in the Lapland province in northern Sweden, more precisely in Gällivare Municipality, Arjeplog Municipality and Jokkmokk Municipality. The name comes from the Latin name for Lapland.

  4. Laponia (historical province) - Wikipedia

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    Laponia (Swedish: Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landscape, in the north of Sweden. It evolved from Lappmarken. In 1809, Sweden ceded the eastern part, along with Finland, to the Russian Empire, which in effect created a Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland.

  5. Lappland - Wikipedia

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    Lapland, a geographic region in Northern Fennoscandia Lapland (Sweden) Lapland (Finland) Lappmarken, a Swedish name for the region, not restricted to the area specifically inhabited by the Sami people; Lappland (nature reserve) in Västmanland County, Sweden

  6. Kiruna - Wikipedia

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    Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna]; [2] Northern Sami: Giron; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]; Meänkieli: Kieruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 [ 3 ] and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) [ 4 ] in Norrbotten County .

  7. Sápmi - Wikipedia

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    The region stretches over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.To the north, it is bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. [2] [3] Lapland (/ ˈ l æ p l æ n d /) has been a historical term for areas inhabited by the Sami based on the older term "Lapp" for its inhabitants, a term which is now considered outdated or pejorative. [4]

  8. Lapland (Finland) - Wikipedia

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    The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio, and Kemi. In 2011, Lapland had a population of 183,320 of whom 177,950 spoke Finnish, 1,526 spoke Sami, 387 spoke Swedish and 3,467 spoke some other languages as their mother tongue. [37] Of the Sami languages, Northern Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami are spoken in the ...

  9. Laponia (historical province of Finland) - Wikipedia

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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.