• Look up Lapland in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lapland may refer to: Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia...
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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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  • Lappland (redirect from LapLand)
    dictionary. Lappland can refer to: Lapland, a geographic region in Northern Fennoscandia Lapland (Sweden) Lapland (Finland) Lappmarken, a Swedish name...
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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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    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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    The Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), also known as the Lapland bunting, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae, a group separated...
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    Sápmi (redirect from Lapland (region))
    north, it is bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. Lapland (/ˈlæplænd/) has been a historical term for areas inhabited by the Sami...
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    The University of Lapland (Finnish: Lapin yliopisto, Swedish: Lapplands universitet) is a public university in Rovaniemi, Finland. It was established...
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    Winter War and the Continuation War, and later against Nazi Germany in the Lapland War. As a result, it lost parts of its territory but retained its independence...
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    SS Lapland was a steam ocean liner built in Ireland for the Belgian Red Star Line, as Red Star's flagship, similar in appearance to the fellow liners...
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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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  • 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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    The Lapland Air Command (Finnish: Lapin Lennosto, abbr. LapLsto; Swedish: Lapplands flygflottilj) is the peace-time Finnish Air Force unit responsible...
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    Lapland New Forest was a short-lived winter wonderland theme park near Ringwood, Hampshire, UK, in 2008. The park had been advertised as being a "winter...
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    the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The region of Sápmi was formerly known as Lapland, and the Sámi have historically been known in English as Lapps or Laplanders...
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    Northern Lapland is a subdivision of Finnish Lapland and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. It is the largest and most sparsely populated sub-region...
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    The 20th Mountain Army, initially known as the Lapland Army, was a field army-level military formation of the German Army during World War II. The 20th...
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  • (in Spanish language: Serranía Celtibérica), also called South Lapland or Spanish Lapland (Laponia del Sur or Laponia Española), is the geographical term...
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  • Lapland Odyssey (Finnish: Napapiirin sankarit) is a 2010 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski. The film stars Jussi Vatanen, Jasper Pääkkönen...
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    The Lapland Ranger Regiment (Swedish: Lapplands jägarregemente), designations I 22, I 22/Fo 66 and I 22/GJ 66, was a Swedish Army light infantry regiment...
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    Axis Powers against the Soviets, in 1941–1944. The third conflict, the Lapland War against Germany in 1944–1945, followed the signing of the Moscow Armistice...
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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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    Sea Lapland occupies the most southwest region of Finnish Lapland. Two cities and three other municipalities form the Sea Lapland area: The cities of...
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  • 27, 2024, in Lapland. However, Helsingin Sanomat reports that Besson is actually shooting the film in the Kainuu region instead of Lapland. The reason...
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    Cornus suecica, the dwarf cornel or bunchberry, is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae, native to cool temperate and subarctic...
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    Rovaniemi. It was founded in 1989 as a brigade-level unit with the name Lapland Air Defence Regiment (Finnish: Lapin ilmatorjuntarykmentti). In 2015, the...
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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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    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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    Lapland Nature Reserve (Russian: Лапландский заповедник) (also Laplandskiy) is a Russian zapovednik (strict nature reserve) in Murmansk Oblast, Russia...
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    Great grey owl (redirect from Lapland owl)
    cinereous owl (this name is also used for Strix sartorii), spectral owl, Lapland owl, spruce owl, bearded owl, and sooty owl. Adults have large rounded...
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