Lapland Province
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The Province of Lapland (Lappi in Finnish and Sami, Lappland in Swedish) is one of the Provinces of Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Council, which also makes it the Region of Lapland. It borders the Province of Oulu and the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders to the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway and to Murmansk Oblast in Russia. In some parts of the world, particularly Britain and Finland itself, it is considered the traditional home of Santa Claus (Joulupukki).
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[edit] Historical Provinces
- For History, Geography and Culture see: Laponia, Österbotten and Västerbotten
Lapland was separated from the province of Oulu in 1936. After the Second World War, the Petsamo and Salla areas were ceded to the Soviet Union.
[edit] Population
Lapland is the home of about 3.6% of the Finnish population, and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in the Finnish Lapland are Rovaniemi (the provincial capital), Kemi, and Tornio. Of the more than 185 000 inhabitants, less than 5% are Sami people.
[edit] Administration
The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promotes national and regional objectives of the State central administration.
[edit] Regional Council
The 21 municipalities of Lapland are organised into a single Region, where they cooperate in the Lapland Regional Council, Lapin liitto or Lapplands förbund.
[edit] Sami Domicile Area
The northermost municipalities of Lapland where the Sami people are the most numerous, form the Sami Domicile Area. Sami organization exists in parallel with the provincial one.
[edit] Municipalities
| Municipalities of Lapland |
| Enontekiö | Inari | Kemi | Kemijärvi | Keminmaa | Kittilä | Kolari | Muonio | Pelkosenniemi | Pello | Posio | Ranua | Rovaniemen mlk | Rovaniemi | Salla | Savukoski | Simo | Sodankylä | Tervola | Tornio | Utsjoki | Ylitornio |
| Lapland | Finland |
[edit] Heraldry
The coat of arms for the Province of Lapland is composed out of the coats of arms of Lapponia and Ostrobothnia. The Regional Council of Lapland uses the Finnish variation of the coat of arms for Lapponia.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Lapland State Provincial Office - Official site
- Lapland Regional Council - Official site
- Lapland Finland Portal - from not-for-profit Lapland Tourism Organization (in 6 languages)
- Finnish Lapland on Wikitravel
- Holidays in Lapland - visit Lapland
- http://www.experiencelapland.tv/ Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences - video portal. Videos about Lapland experiences and lifestyle.
- http://www.santatelevision.com/lapland/index.html - Videos about Finnish Lapland
| Regional flower - Finnish - Latin |
Globe-flower - Kullero - Trollius europaeus |
| Regional bird | Bluethroat |
| Regional fish | Salmon |
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