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Lapland

an extensive region of N Europe, mainly within the Arctic Circle: consists of the N parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the extreme NW of Russia
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Lapland

northern region of Scandinavian peninsula, mostly within Arctic Circle. [Geography: Misc.]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Lapland

 

a region in northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland and the western part of Murmansk Oblast, USSR, north of 64°-66° N lat. It is the basic area of settlement of the Saam or Lapps.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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