Lapponia

Lapponia

Lapponia or Laponia is the Latin name of the historic region, later province (landskap), of Lappland, a large area covering the northern part of present Sweden and Finland. Lapponia can also mean:
*"Lapponia", an ethnographic account of the region, authored by Johannes Schefferus and published 1673.
*Lapponia, the name of a Finnish Eurovision song contest entry.
*Lapponia, the name of a line of Finnish designer jewellery
*Lapponia, the name of a Finnish cloudberry liqueur
*Lapponia, the name of a Finnish express passenger train.


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