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Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: Lappi, Meänkieli: Lappi Latin: Lapponia), is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders the Swedish provinces of Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, and Norrbotten, as well as Norway and Finland. Nearly a quarter of Sweden's land area is in Lappland.
The town is often referred to as "Lappstockholm" and markets itself as "the city in Lapland," highlighting both its status as Lapland's first city and its early importance as a meeting place. After the arrival of the railway, Lycksele developed into a typical small town with smaller industries and important public institutions such as a ...
Laponia (Swedish: Lappland) was a historical Swedish province, or landscape, in the north of Sweden. It evolved from Lappmarken . In 1809, Sweden ceded the eastern part , along with Finland , to the Russian Empire , which in effect created a Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland .
Vilhelmina (Southern Sami: Vualtjere) is a locality and the central town of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County, in the province of Lapland, Sweden with 3,657 inhabitants in 2010. [1] Vilhelmina is situated by Lake Volgsjön in the Ångerman River, with the smaller Lake Baksjön located to the east of the community.
Jokkmokk (Swedish: [ˈjɔ̌kːmɔk]; [2] Lule Sami: Jåhkåmåhkke or Dálvvadis; [3] Northern Sami: Johkamohkki; Finnish: Jokimukka; Meänkieli: Jokinmukka) is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. [1]
As of 2020, Statistics Sweden reported that around 2,686,040 or 25.9% of the inhabitants of Sweden were from a foreign background: that is, each such person either had been born abroad or had been born in Sweden to two parents who themselves had both been born abroad. [40]
Arvidsjaur Municipality is located about 110 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, in the center of the northernmost land, Norrland.It is also part of the geographic area Lapland, which consists of the northern parts of Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Arvidsjaur is a Swedish adaptation of the Ume Sámi word árviesjávrrie, derived from árvies (“generous” or “one who gives abundantly”) and jávrrie (“lake”), referring to the fishing in the nearby lake of the same name.