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  2. 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term for areas inhabited by the Sami based on the older term "Lapp" for its inhabitants, a term which is now considered outdated or pejorative.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]

  3. Sámi peoples - Wikipedia

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    There are indeed some ethnic Finns who practice reindeer herding, and in principle, all residents of the reindeer herding area (most of Finnish Lapland and parts of Oulu province) who are citizens of EEA countries, [114] i.e., the European Union and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, are allowed to join a paliskunta.

  4. Lapland (Sweden) - Wikipedia

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    Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: 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.

  5. Sámi history - Wikipedia

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    The boundary agreement between Sweden and Norway (Stromstad Treaty of 1751) had an annex, frequently called Lapp Codicil of 1751, Lappkodicillen or "Sami Magna Carta". It has the same meaning for Sámi even today (or at least till 2005), but is only a convention between Sweden and Norway and does not include Finland and Russia. It regulates how ...

  6. Lapland - Wikipedia

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    Lapland (Norway), an incorrect designation for Finnmǫrk; see Sápmi § Etymology; Lapland (Sweden) (Lappland), a Swedish historical province; Russian Lapland, a former name and a sporadic marketing term for Murmansk Oblast. Laplandiya (lit. ' Lapland '), a rural locality (a railway station) in Murmansk Oblast; Lapland, Indiana, a town in the ...

  7. Laponia (historical province) - Wikipedia

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    Laponia (Lappland) in the realm of Sweden.Though drawn exactly on the map, northern borders against Russia and Norway were approximate. Laponia (Swedish: Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landscape, in the north of Sweden.

  8. Utsjoki - Wikipedia

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    It is in Lapland and borders Norway as well as the municipality of Inari. The municipality was founded in 1876. The municipality was founded in 1876. It has a population of 1,138 (31 October 2024) [ 2 ] and covers an area of 5,372.00 square kilometres (2,074.14 sq mi) of which 227.51 km 2 (87.84 sq mi) is water. [ 1 ]

  9. Rovaniemi - Wikipedia

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    Rovaniemi is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Peräpohjola. The city centre is situated about 6 kilometres (4 miles) south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary, the ...

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