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Laponia , was a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in the north of Sweden which evolved from Lappmarken. In 1809, Sweden ceded the eastern part, along with the rest of Finland, to the Russian Empire, which in effect created a Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland.
Today, the Swedish part serves no administrative purpose. On the Finnish side, there was a Province of Lapland until 2010, when Finnish provinces were discontinued, and the province was replaced by the Region of Lapland.
Lapland is considered in some nations — notably the United Kingdom, Ireland, Serbia, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Romania and France — to be the home of Father Christmas.
Laponia may refer to:
- Laponia (historical province), a historical Finnish and Swedish province
- Laponian area, a wildlife area in Sweden
- The Latin name for Lapland (disambiguation)
Laponia is a historical Finnish Province in the north of Finland. The present-day Finnish region, modern province of Lapland contains also an Ostrobothnian area 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 1809.
Category:Historical provinces of Finland