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2. Lapland (Finland) - Wikipedia

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   In recent years, Lapland has also become a major tourist destination for world-class celebrities as well as royalty. Rovaniemi is the main regional centre of Lapland, and the Rovaniemi Airport is the second busiest airport in Finland. Besides tourism, other important sectors are trade, manufacturing and construction.

3. Finland - Wikipedia

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   Topographic map of Finland Northern lights are most common in Lapland in winter time. Lying approximately between latitudes 60° and 70° N, and longitudes 20° and 32° E, Finland is one of the world's northernmost countries. Of world capitals, only Reykjavík lies more to the north than Helsinki.

4. Lapland (Sweden) - Wikipedia

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

5. Geography of Finland - Wikipedia

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   Map of Finland – click to enlarge. Finland's total area is 337,030 km 2 (130,128 sq mi). Of this area 10% is water, 69% forest, 8% cultivated land and 13% other. Finland is the eighth largest country in Europe after Russia, France, Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Germany. As a whole, the shape of Finland's boundaries resembles a figure of ...

6. Lapland War - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, the Lapland War ( Finnish: Lapin sota; Swedish: Lapplandskriget; German: Lapplandkrieg) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. Though the Finns and the Germans had been fighting together against the Soviet Union since 1941 ...

7. Rovaniemi - Wikipedia

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   Rovaniemi ( / ˈroʊvəni.əmi / ROH-və-nee-ə-mee, [6] Finnish: [ˈroʋɑˌnie̯mi] ⓘ; Northern Sami: Roavvenjárga [ˈroɑ̯vveˌɲaːrːka]; Inari Sami: Ruávinjargâ; Skolt Sami: Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country.

8. Expedition to Lapland - Wikipedia

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   The expedition to Lapland, the northernmost region in Sweden, by Carl Linnaeus between May and October 1732 was an important part of his scientific career. Linnaeus departed from Uppsala and travelled clockwise around the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia over the course of six months, making major inland incursions from Umeå, Luleå and Tornio.

9. Laponia (historical province) - Wikipedia

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   Laponia (historical province) 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 which evolved from Lappmarken. In 1809, Sweden ceded the eastern part, along ...