![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/640px-Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png&w=640&q=50)
Laponia (historical province of Finland)
Historical province of Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laponia (Finnish: Lappi, Swedish: Lappland) is a historical Finnish Province in the north of Finland. The present-day Finnish region, modern province of Lapland contains also an Ostrobothnian area called Peräpohjola outside of the historical Laponia. The historical province formed a part of a larger Swedish historical province of Laponia before Finland was ceded to Russia in September 1809.
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Historical_province_of_Laponia%2C_Finland.svg/640px-Historical_province_of_Laponia%2C_Finland.svg.png)
(the borders of modern provinces with pink colour and the modern border of Finland, same as at the signing moment of final act of CSCE 1975)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/320px-Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png)