Laponia (historical province of Finland)
Laponia (Finnish: Lappi, Swedish: Lappland) is a historical Finnish Province in the north of Finland.
The present-day Finnish region, modern province of Lapland contains also an Ostrobothnian area called Peräpohjola outside of the historical Laponia.
The historical province formed a part of a larger Swedish historical province of Laponia before Finland was ceded to Russia in September 1809.
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(the borders of modern provinces with pink colour and the modern border of Finland, same as at the signing moment of final act of CSCE 1975)
