Lapland

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administrative region of Finland region

Lapland is a sparsely populated Arctic region in northern Finland known for its subarctic wilderness, indigenous Sámi culture, and reputation as the home of Santa Claus.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Finnish Lapland	4
Sápmi	4
Lapland region	1
Lapland, Finland	1
Northern Finland	1
Province of Lapland	1
Region of Lapland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region of Finland ⓘ region ⓘ
borders	Norway ⓘ Russia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
capital	Rovaniemi ⓘ
climate	boreal climate ⓘ subarctic climate ⓘ
contains	Inari municipality ⓘ surface form: Inari Kemi ⓘ Levi ⓘ Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park ⓘ Pyhä-Luosto National Park ⓘ Rovaniemi ⓘ Urho Kekkonen National Park ⓘ Ylläs ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
economy	forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ reindeer herding ⓘ tourism ⓘ
feature	fells ⓘ midnight sun in summer ⓘ numerous lakes ⓘ polar night in winter ⓘ taiga forests ⓘ tundra landscapes ⓘ
hasActivity	husky sledding ⓘ reindeer safaris ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
hasAttraction	Santa Claus Village ⓘ SantaPark ⓘ
knownFor	Aurora Borealis ⓘ surface form: Northern Lights indigenous Sámi culture ⓘ reputation as the home of Santa Claus ⓘ subarctic wilderness ⓘ
largestCity	Rovaniemi ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic region ⓘ Northern Finland ⓘ surface form: northern Finland
minorityLanguage	Inari Sámi ⓘ Northern Sami language ⓘ surface form: Northern Sámi Skolt Sami language ⓘ surface form: Skolt Sámi
officialLanguage	Finnish ⓘ
partOf	Fennoscandia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants	Sámi ⓘ surface form: Sámi people

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rovaniemi area → administrativeCenterOf → Lapland ⓘ

Operation Nordlicht (1944) → appliesToJurisdiction → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Lapland

northern Sweden → contains → Lapland ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Sweden

Kemi → countrySubdivision → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Region of Lapland

Moscow Armistice requirements → geographicalFocus → Lapland ⓘ

Sami → hasRegion → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sápmi

Battle of Rovaniemi → historicalRegion → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Lapland

Kemi → locatedIn → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Finland

Lapland Air Command → locatedIn → Lapland ⓘ

Rovaniemi area → locatedIn → Lapland ⓘ

Salla → locatedIn → Lapland ⓘ

Tornio–Kemi area → locatedIn → Lapland ⓘ

Rovaniemi Air Base → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lapland ⓘ

Sámediggi (Finland) → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lapland, Finland

Battle of Muonio → location → Lapland ⓘ

Battle of Rovaniemi → location → Lapland ⓘ

Battle of Tankavaara → location → Lapland ⓘ

Battle of Tornio → location → Lapland ⓘ

Lapland War → location → Lapland ⓘ

Operation Birke → location → Lapland ⓘ

Operation Nordlicht (1944) → location → Lapland ⓘ

Lapland Air Command → operationalAreaIncludes → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Lapland

Petsamo, Finland → partOf → Lapland ⓘ

Rovaniemi area → partOf → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Lapland

Salla → partOf → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lapland region

Vadsø → partOf → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sápmi

Hjalmar Siilasvuo → placeOfActivity → Lapland ⓘ

Kemi → region → Lapland ⓘ

Pite Sámi → region → Lapland ⓘ

Sámi → region → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sápmi

Kirkenes → roadConnectionTo → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finnish Lapland

Inari Sámi → spokenIn → Lapland ⓘ

Sami languages → spokenIn → Lapland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sápmi

Matthias Castrén → traveledTo → Lapland ⓘ

Midnight Sun → visibleInRegion → Lapland ⓘ