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Lapland

region of Finland
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Summary

Lapland is a region of Finland[1]. Lapland ranks in the top 10% of region of finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,416 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finland[3]
  • Country: Finland[4]
  • Capital: Rovaniemi[5]
  • Shares border with: Norrbotten County[6], North Ostrobothnia[7], Murmansk Oblast[8], Karelia[9], Troms og Finnmark[10]
  • Anthem: Kymmenen virran maa[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kemi-Tornio sub-region[12], Rovaniemi sub-region[13]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Lapland[14]
  • Part of: Northern Finland[15]
  • Commons category: Lapland, Finland[16]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern European Time[17], UTC+02:00[18], UTC+03:00[19]
  • Inception: January 1, 2010[20]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Sápmi[21]
  • Official website: https://www.lapinliitto.fi/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lapland (Finland)[23]
  • Email address: mailto:info@lapinliitto.fi[24]
  • Population: 176,711[25]
  • Official name: Lappi[26], Lappland[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lapland, Finland[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lapland, Finland[29]
  • Native label: Lappi[30], Lappland[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lapland (Finland)[32]
  • Different from: Lappi[33], Lapland[34], Sápmi[35]
  • Area: 100366.87 km²[36], 98982.36 km²[37], 92683.24 km²[38], 6299.12 km²[39], 1384.51 km²[40]
  • Official symbol: domesticated reindeer[41], Bluethroat[42], Atlantic salmon[43], Trollius europaeus[44], gold[45], Lake Inari[46]
  • Language used: Skolt Sami[47], Meänkieli[48], Inari Sami[49], Northern Sami[50], Finnish[51]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Lapland include Lapland[52], an ocean liner[53] and Lapponia[54], a musical work/composition[55].

Why It Matters

Lapland has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Lapland is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for Lapland include Lapland[52], an ocean liner[53] and Lapponia[54], a musical work/composition[55].

Related Entities

Arto Paasilinna Ferdinand Magellan Finland Govdirectory Kemijoki Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Rovaniemi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lapinliitto.fi. Retrieved . lapinliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . pxnet2.stat.fi. pxnet2.stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ge757671
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nl cr aut id: ge134314, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269499|batch #269499]]"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lapland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lapland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947124|lapland (#289947124)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nls geographic names register place id → 10899568
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 94256, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 22w ago · Merrahtar · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Lapland, Finland
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Lapland, Finland
    Part of → —
    Native label → {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Lappi'}, {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Lappland'}
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Native label: Lappi eanangoddi"
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