Lapland

Lapland

Lapland can refer to:

* English name of the Lapland Province ("Lappi") in Finland
* English name of Lapland, Sweden ("Lappland"); the name is not in official use
* Sápmi (area), the entire cultural region inhabited by the Sami people minority in northern Europe, sometimes erroneously referred to as Lapland
* RMS Lapland (1908), a large ocean liner of the Red Star Line that served from 1908-1934. In 1912 she brought back many Titanic survivors along with Bruce Ismay the Titanic's owner.

;Other uses
* "Norwegian Lapland", a sporadic marketing term for Northern Norway and especially the county of Finnmark
* "Russian Lapland", a sporadic marketing term for the Murmansk Oblast
* Laplandija, a natural reserve in Murmansk Oblast
* Lapland, Indiana, a small town in the United States

;See also
* Laponia (historical province) in present-day Sweden and Finland
* Lappmarken, an old Swedish name for the northern part of the old Kingdom of Sweden


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