as being derogatory towards Sámi people, there is a tendency to avoid the label Lapland altogether in favor of talking about its constituent Västerbotten and Norrbotten counties instead. Since the mid-1990s, the Sámi cultural area that was traditionally known as Lapland is usually referred to as Sápmi.

History

The history of Lapland is in many ways connected to the history of Norrbotten County and Västerbotten County,

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