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Laponia ( fi, Lappi, sv, Lappland) is a
historical Finnish Province in the north of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. The present-day Finnish region, modern province of
Lapland contains also an
Ostrobothnian area called
Peräpohjola
Southern Lapland ( fi, Peräpohjola or ''Peräpohja''; sv, Nordbotten or ''Överbotten''; lit. "Rear Bothnia") was the northernmost part of the historical province of Ostrobothnia, and has sometimes been considered a separate region, but it is n ...
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.
See also
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Sápmi
(, smj, Sábme / Sámeednam, sma, Saepmie, sju, Sábmie, , , sjd, Са̄мь е̄ммьне, Saam' jiemm'n'e) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi is in Northern and Eastern Europe and includes the ...
Historical provinces of Finland
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