Lapland (Finland)

Finnish Lapland is the northernmost region of Finland. Before, it was the eastern half of Swedish Lapland. The region to the south is Northern Ostrobothnia. The largest lake in the region is Inarijärvi. The highest place is Halti hill, in the Enontekiö municipality.

Lapin maakunta Lapplands landskap
Region
Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Location of
Coordinates: 67°N 026°E
Country	Finland
Capital	Rovaniemi
Area
• Total	98,984 km2 (38,218 sq mi)
Population  (31-12-2013)
• Total	182,514
• Density	1.843874/km2 (4.77561/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	FI-10
Website	www.lapinliitto.fi/%20lapinliitto.fi
Symbols
Mammal	Reindeer
Bird	Bluethroat
Fish	Salmon
Flower	Globe-flower
Export Value 4 billion Euros

Lapland (Finland) Media

• Depicted place: Santa Claus Village

• Luosto ilmasta.jpg

  The Luosto inselberg from air.

• Gentle but wide green aurora display over Levi, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland, 2023 September - 2.jpg

  Aurora borealis over Kittilä, Lapland.

• Bure Lapponia 1611.jpg

  Lapponia, the first map by cartographer Anders Bure from 1611, the first reliable map of both Swedish and Finnish Lapland

• Wehrmacht soldiers with a local Sámi reindeer herder in Lappland, Sodankylä, Finland 1942.

• Enontekiö.vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Enontekiö

• Inari.vaakuna.svg

  Inari.vaakuna

• Kemi.vaakuna.svg

  Divided shield, whose upper red field has a silvery ship anchor upright and lower blue field has a silvery salmon turned to the right; on the top of shield crown of count.

• Kemijärvi.vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Kemijärvi

• Keminmaa.vaakuna.svg

  On red field a springing salmon, who has padlock in its jaw; all silver except black keyhole in the lock.

Related pages

• Lapland

Other websites

Media related to Lapland, Finland at Wikimedia Commons

• Lapinliitto website
• Researchers pictures from 1882-1884, 1887 and 1889, finnish