Lapland

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Lapland, (also Lappland, Lappi, S?pmi, Samiland, and Saamiland), is a region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people. It is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Scandinavia and the Kola peninsula in Russia.

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With the fall of the Soviet Union and increasing internationalization, co-operation across borders is becoming more important and existing county and national borders less important. This is true both for the Sami aboriginal population and the non-Sami and Sami-descent majority population.

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Sami people: The Sami people (also S?mi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are an indigenous people of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, covering a total area in the Nordic countries corresponding to the size of Sweden. The Sami are one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Europe. Their languages...

Northern Europe: Northern Europe is a name of the northern part of the European continent. At different times this region has been defined differently but today it is generally seen to include:...

Scandinavia: Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region of the Scandinavian Peninsula and some surrounding areas. The Scandinavian countries are in present day understood as Norway, Sweden and Denmark, even if the latter actually does not reside on the Scandinavian Peninsula. These countries have mutually r...

Lapland related Images and Photos (experimental)

Maupertuis in Lapland	Reindeer Round-Up Lapland Scandinavia	Carolus Linnaeus in His Lapland Dress Published 1805	Birch Forest in Spring South Lapland Finland
Map of Asia Minor: Norway Sweden Denmark Lapland Poland Turkey Russia and Moscow c.1626	Low Angle View of Sedimentary Rocks Lapland Norway	Old Wooden House Near Lake in Utsjoki Lapland	Sir Hugh Willoughby Seeking the Eastern Passage Dies off Lapland