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Located in Sweden, Lapland is known for containing the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve, ... As of 31 December 2017, the population of Swedish Lapland is 91,333. [1]
In 2020, Sweden funded the establishment of an independent truth commission to examine and document past abuse of Sámi by the Swedish state. [85] In 2021, the Church of Sweden made a formal apology to Sweden's Sámi population for its role in forced conversions and Swedification efforts, outlining a multiyear reconciliation plan. [86]
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 ...
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.
Population of Swedish provinces in 2016 [1] The 25 provinces of Sweden ... the old province of Lapland was split into Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland.
Although they have lived north of the Arctic Circle for 7,000 years, they make up only 5% of the population of the province of Lapland. The reliable population data is available from 1749, when Sweden first compiled population statistics. At that time, the population of Finland stood at 410,400 individuals.
Sweden. Russia. Alaska. ... And, in the Swedish Lapland highlands by the Torne, a Sami couple has been taming and herding reindeer for 30 years. ... The global reindeer population is estimated at ...
Today, the Swedish part is no longer an administrative subdivision in Sweden (rather, it is part of Västerbotten and Norrbotten counties). On the Finnish side, there was a Province of Lapland (much larger to the south, especially by population, and where there were no Sami for many centuries) from 1938 until 2010, when Finnish provinces were ...