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  Lapland (province) - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Province of Lapland is a province of Finland.
It borders to the province of Oulu in the south.
Lapland is divided into 22 municipalities, including the towns of Rovaniemi, Kemi[?], Kemijärvi[?] and Tornio[?].
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 Lapland, Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries.
It borders to the Province of Oulu and the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south.
Lapland was separated from the province of Oulu in 1936.
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 Encyclopedia: Lapland, Finland
The 22 municipalities of Lapland in Finland are divided on five districts: Rovaniemi District Ranua Rovaniemi Rovaniemen maalaiskunta Kemi-Tornio District Kemi Keminmaa Simo Tervola Tornio (Torneå) Tornio Valley District Pello Ylitornio (Övertorneå) Eastern Lapland Kemijärvi Pelkosenniemi Posio Salla Savukoski Tunturi Lapland Enontekiö Kittilä Kolari Muonio Northern Lapland Inari...
The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland.
The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lapland,-Finland   (1571 words)

  
 Lapland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lapland, (also Sápmi), is the area traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
The choice of words for the people and language is becoming a matter of political correctness, but provinces and counties still carry the old ("lap") names.
Lapland demonstrates a distinct semi-national identity that transcends the borders between Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lapland   (683 words)

  
 Norrbotten County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It also borders to Lapland Province in Finland, Nordland and Troms counties in Norway.
This province covers only the eastern part of Norrbotten County – the inland instead belongs to the Lapland province.
Cultural identification in Sweden is closely related to the historical Provinces of Sweden, and the people in the coastal region of Norrbotten County, are in this sense living in Northern Västerbotten, or Norra Västerbotten.
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 Lapland Forest Damage Project: The forests and forest research in Finnish Lapland
The region referred to as Pohjanmaa-Kainuu (or the Province of Oulu) is the transition zone between southern and northern Finland.
Lapland's biggest forestry industry enterprise, Veitsiluoto Oy, came into being when Parliament, in 1919, approved a bill for the founding of a new sawmill on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia.
He published significant studies in the 1910s and 1920s on the forest use in Lapland: on the silviculture to be applied in the northern Finland's spruce forests, the snow-damage areas of Finland and the forests of these areas, and on Finland's timber-line forests and their future use.
www.metla.fi /julkaisut/muut/elproj/chapt2.html   (5099 words)

  
 :: Lappi :: Lapland :: Lappland :: Laponie ::
Lapland is 98 937 km², this large area represents 30% of Finland’s total land area, of this area 93 057 km² is land and 5 880 km² is water.
Rovaniemi is Lapland’s administrative capital with 35 081 (31.12.2003) inhabitants.
The other cities in Lapland are Kemi (23 056 inhabitants), Tornio (22 198 inhabitants) and Kemijärvi (9 759 inhabitants).
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 Encyclopedia: Lapland
Lapland (Finnish Lappi) - a province of Finland
Finnmark (Sami Finnmárku) is a county in the extreme north of Norway, bordering Troms, Finland (Lapland), and Russia (Murmansk Oblast).
Sweden Laponia, or Lappland, was a historical Province or landskap in the extreme north of Sweden.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lapland   (2349 words)

  
 Westrobothnia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Westrobothnia, or Västerbotten, is a historical Province or landskap in the north of Sweden.
Following the Finnish War in 1809 the province of Westrobothnia was separated into a Swedish and a Finnish part.
On January 18, 1884 all provinces gained the rights to the rank of duchy and the arms can be represented with a dukal coronet.
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 Station Information - Lapland
Lapland, also called Sápmi, is the area traditionally inhabited by the Saami people.
With the fall of the Soviet Union and increasing internationalization, co-operation across borders is becoming more important and existing county and national borders less important.
Lapponia - a historical province of Sweden and Finland
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 Lapland
Sápmi is the name in the Saami languages, while the name Lapland is the traditional English spelling of the Swedish and Norwegian Lappland.
With the fall of the Soviet Union and increasing internationalization, cooperation across borders is becoming more important and existing county and national borders less important.
Lappland - a historical province of Sweden and Finland
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 Laponia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laponia (or Swedish: Lappland [▶]) was a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden-Finland.
Lapland is thus also the name of the habitat for the Sami people, which covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Districts: Arjeplog Lapland Court District, Arvidsjaur Lapland Court District, Enonteki Lapland Court District, Gällivare Lapland Court District, Jokkmokk Lapland Court District, Jukkasjärvi Lapland Court District, Lycksele Lapland Court District, Norsjö and Malå Court District and Åsele Lapland Court District.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laponia   (168 words)

  
 Lapland´s Midnight Sun Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The province of Lapland has 18 municipalities, Inari is one of them and it is the main centre for Sami people.
Lapland is called the land of the midnight sun, and for a good reason.
Lapland has a continental climate, and is thus characterized by relatively warm summers and harsh, snowy winters.
www.kl-deaf.fi /yotonyo/en_lappi.htm   (504 words)

  
 " Finland" -Mtn-Forum On-Line Library Document
Lapland is sparsly populated with the Sami people: slightly above 200,000 inhabitants, of whom half lives in the two largest cities in the south, and 70 % in municipalities.
Although forest growth in Lapland is a slow process, forests represent 16 % of the country's timber resources and 10 % of its annual increment.
The Lapland Regional Environment Centre, as a part of the environmental administration has a role in promoting an environment where the values of nature and human activity are in balance, in relation to the nature and the people of Lapland.
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 Coats of arms — Virtual Finland
The present provinces are (from north to south) Lapland, Oulu, Western Finland, Eastern Finland, Southern Finland and the autonomous province of Åland, whose status was not affected by the changes.
As the historical province of Ostrobothnia used to extend to the territory of the present-day administrative province of Lapland, the blue left-hand field displays three silver-coloured ermines.
The former practice of displaying the heraldic symbols of the provinces on the roadside on their boundaries has been abandoned, and the coats of arms are mainly found on desk pennants and the stamps, seals and documents of the provincial State offices.
virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/vaakeng.html   (2869 words)

  
 Barents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Nordic parts of the Barents Region are the Provinces of Lapland and Oulu in Finland, the Counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten in Sweden, and the Counties of Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark in Norway.
The Provinces of Lapland and Oulu, and the Counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten belong to the northern boreal coniferous forest zone.
Industry forms the backbone of the economy in the Province of Lapland, with forestry and metal industries dominating The public sector was in the second place, and the increased tourism is another important sector of the economy.
arcticcentre.urova.fi /barentsinfo/economic/05/01.html   (3583 words)

  
 SAAMI - dokumentti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A particularly noteworthy bird is the bluethroat, the Nightingale of Lapland, whose plumage resembles the colours of Saami costume, a definite reason for choosing it to be the province bird.
The province mammal is the bear and the salmon is the province fish.
Particularly endangered vertebrate species in Lapland are: salmon, lake trout, sea trout, the lesser white-fronted goose, the shore lark, the sandpiper, the scaup, the white-tailed eagle, arctic fox and wolverine.
www.helsinki.fi /~wperttol/saami/kansi/tekstit/fauna.html   (2332 words)

  
 Lapland (Finland)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The wild man in the coat of arms of historical province of Lapland is "of natural color" i.e.
In the earliest known use of the arms of Lapland, at the funeral of King Carl IX in 1611, the wildman was fl.
Originally, the arms were the same, because Lapland was one province until 1809, when it was split in two and what now is Finnish Lapland was ceded to Russia along with Finland and was made a part of the Grand Duchy of Finland.
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 Lapland - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lapland, also called Sápmi, is the area traditionally inhabited by the
Saami languages, while the name Lapland is the traditional English spelling of the Swedish and Norwegian Lappland.
political correctness, but provinces and counties still carry the old ("lap") names.
www.nordlink.net /wikipedia/lapland%20-%20wikipedia.htm   (128 words)

  
 Rovaniemi biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rovaniemi (Roavenjarga in Sami) is the administrative capital and the centre of commerce of Finland's northernmost Province, Lapland.
It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its tributary, the Ounasjoki River.
In the Lapland War, during the Second World War, approximately 90% of the total property in the town was destroyed by German troops.
rovaniemi.biography.ms   (645 words)

  
 Read about Lapland, Finland at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Lapland, Finland and learn about Lapland, Finland ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of
Province of Oulu and the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south.
Lapland was separated from the province of Oulu in
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 Lapland, Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Province of Lapland is one of the (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) Provinces of (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of (A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps) Lapland, which spans over four countries.
Lapland was separated from the province of (Click link for more info and facts about Oulu) Oulu in 1936.
The coat of arms for the Province of Lapland is composed out of the coats of arms of (Click link for more info and facts about Laponia) Laponia and (Click link for more info and facts about Ostrobothnia) Ostrobothnia.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lapland,_finland.htm   (449 words)

  
 Rovaniemi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For six decades, the Lapland Provincial State Office has borne responsibility for meeting the needs of this province and of its inhabitants in challenging circumstances that have included harsh natural conditions, a large geographical area, the destruction of war and the flight from the land in the 1970s.
Lapland is known in the world as a strongly distinctive and fascinating region.
The establishment of the University of Lapland was a milestone in the development of the province.
www.valtioneuvosto.fi /tpk/puheet-1998/P981005.roien.html   (2117 words)

  
 Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
läänit) The province authority is part of the executive branch of the national government; a system that had not changed drastically since its creation in 1634 to the new division to "greater provinces" in 1997.
Dialects, folklore, customs and people's feeling of affiliation are associated with these historical provinces of Finland, although the re-settlement of 420,000 Karelians during World War II and urbanization in the latter half of the 20th century have made differences less pronounced.
In Northern Finland, particularly in the Province of Lapland, a subarctic climate dominates, characterised by cold, occasionally severe, winters and relatively warm summers.
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 Lapland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is located in Northern Europe and includesthe northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola peninsula in Russia.
Sápmi is the name in the Sami languages and usually used in officialcontext to denote Sami rights, while the name Lapland is the common English spelling of the Swedish Lappland.
The choice of words for the people and language is becoming a matter of political correctness, but provinces and counties still carry theold ("lap") names.
www.therfcc.org /lapland-44340.html   (566 words)

  
 Laponia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Historically the province of Laponia stretched across Torne River and in to Finland.
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.
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.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/laponia   (394 words)

  
 pub_2001_laine
In Norway, the North Calotte comprises the provinces of Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark, in Sweden the province of Norrbotten and in Finland the province of Lapland.
According to his definition the Barents Region comprised the provinces of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in Norway, the province of Norrbotten in Sweden, the province of Lapland in Finland, and the provinces of Murmansk and Archangel and the Karelian autonomous republic in the former Soviet Union, now officially called Russia.
During the 1990s, the Barents Region expanded due to the approval of inclusion of the province of Västerbotten in Sweden, the province of Oulu in Finland and the Nenets autonomous region in Russia.
www.coe.int /T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Culture/Action/Dialogue/pub_2001_laine.asp   (610 words)

  
 Rovaniemi.fi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Based in Rovaniemi, it is a regional orchestra giving performances both in the Province of Lapland and all over the arctic region.
TV 1 nominated the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland and its conductor John Storgårds Bright Spot of the Year in 1998.
Conductor John Storgårds was honoured with the culture prize of the City of Rovaniemi and Rovaniemi Rural District in 2000.
www.rovaniemi.fi /?deptid=2676   (230 words)

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