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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...
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    Lapland (Finnish: Lappi [ˈlɑpːi]; Northern Sami: Lappi; Inari Sami: Lappi; Swedish: Lappland; Latin: Lapponia; Skolt Sami: Ла̄ппӣ мäддкåҍддь, Lappi mäddkå'dd)...
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    central Sweden. Until 1645 the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen were parts of Norway. Swedish Lapland was united with Finnish Lapland as Lapland until...
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    Gällivare Lapland Airport (IATA: GEV, ICAO: ESNG) is an airport located in Gällivare Municipality, Sweden, about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east from Gällivare...
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    Laponia (historical province) (category Articles containing Swedish-language text)
    Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland. Today, the Swedish part serves no administrative purpose. On the Finnish side, there was a Province of Lapland (much...
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    Sápmi (redirect from Lapland (region))
    repeatedly. Giron (Kiruna) is the seat of the Swedish Sami Parliament and the largest urban settlement in Swedish Lapland. Guovdageaidnu (Kautokeino): About 90%...
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    northern part, on the Swedish side. Most people in Norrbotten County still refer to the entire county, including the areas in Swedish Lapland, when they say...
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  • There are a number of national parks within Lapland Province in Finland, as well as in Swedish Lapland in the western parts of Västerbotten County and...
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  • Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia) Lapland (Finland) (Lappi/Lappland), a Finnish region Lapland (former province of Finland) (Lappi/Lappland)...
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    Norrbotten (category Pages with Swedish IPA)
    borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland. The traditional provinces of Sweden serve no administrative or political purposes...
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  • The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions: Kemijärvi...
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    Southern Lapland (Finnish: Peräpohjola or Peräpohja; Swedish: Nordbotten or Överbotten; lit. 'Rear Bothnia') was the northernmost part of the historical...
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    The University of Lapland (Finnish: Lapin yliopisto, Swedish: Lapplands universitet) is a public university in Rovaniemi, Finland. It was established in...
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  • "Nu får skånska flaggan användas officiellt" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 28 November 2017. Nu får Roslagen en egen flagga (Swedish), 2020-07-08....
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    Västerbotten, Lapland, and Ångermanland Västerbotten County, also known as Västerbottens län in Swedish, is located in the northern part of Sweden. It shares...
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    Martin Luther, Lars Levi Laestadius, and the elders of this church in Swedish Lapland in this era (known as the Church of Firstborn). The Old Apostolic Lutheran...
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    innovation. Spaceport Sweden is built by the Swedish Space Corporation. Located in Kiruna, in Swedish Lapland, Spaceport Sweden is being developed at...
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    The Province of Lapland (Finnish: Lapin lääni, Swedish: Lapplands län) was a province of Finland from 1938 to 2009. It was established in 1938, when it...
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    Ångermanland (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    northern part of Sweden. It is bordered (clockwise from the north) by Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten, the Gulf of Bothnia, Medelpad and Jämtland. The name...
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    Retrieved 20 October 2014. "IGLOOTEL". Swedish Lapland Visitors Board. Retrieved 8 October 2018. "IGLOOTEL Lapland". FlyCar Group. Retrieved 8 October 2018...
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    province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010. Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school...
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    Fell (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    [citation needed] In Finnish, the mountains characteristic of the region of Lapland are called tunturi (plural: tunturit), i.e. "fell". A tunturi is a hill...
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    Kebnekaise (category Articles with Swedish-language sources (sv))
    peak at 2,096.8 metres (6,879 ft) the highest. Kebnekaise lies in Swedish Lapland, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and west of...
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    Pajala (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    is located in Swedish Lapland. Pajala is in the Torne Valley and was dominated by people speaking a Finnish dialect until Eastern Sweden (Finland) got...
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    Gällivare Lapland Court District (Swedish: Gällivare lappmarks tingslag) was a district of Lapland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided...
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    difference within the Sami group in Sweden according to their study. North Sami (Sami in the North of Swedish Lapland) belong to haplogroup V with 58.6%...
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  • Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved Nov 24, 2022. "Swedish Lapland". Rewilding Europe. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved...
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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...
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    Jukkasjärvi (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɵ̂kːasˌjærvɪ]; Sami: Čohkkiras) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 548 inhabitants...
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    Scandinavian Mountains (category CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv))
    400–500 m rising again to heights in excess of 1,900 m further north in Swedish Lapland and nearby areas of Norway. The southern part of the mountain range...
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