Lapland

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Lapland can refer to:

  • Official 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
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