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 | | For current affairs see: Västerbotten County, Norrbotten County, and Lapland Province The historical Province of Laponia is divided between the Swedish Norrbotten County, in the north, Västerbotten County, in the south and the northern part of the Finnish administrative Lapland Province in the east. |
 | | Main article: Culture of Laponia Lapland is also used as a name, not only for the historical Province in Sweden and Finland, but for the entire region, spanning across northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and into Russia, where the Sami people have their homelands. |
 | | Main article: Heraldry of Laponia Laponia itself was never considered a duchy but on January 18, 1884 the Privy Council gave all Provinces the right of use to a dukal coronet for their arms. |
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