Lapland

Province: Coat of arms for the province Lapland (picture to the left)
Area: 109,702.4 square kilometre
Population: 112,717 
Inhabitants/sq. km:  1
Main Industry: Mining, Timber, Tourism
Provincial Animal: Polar fox
Provincial Flower: Mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)

Short facts about Swedish Lapland. Lapland covers the most northerly part of sweden. This area offers a wide variation of nature, culture and events.

• More facts and figures from Wikipedia about Lapland

Lapland or Sápmi

Sami Flag: The Sami flag is the flag of the Sami people (picture to the left)
Area: 388,350 square kilometre
Population: 40.000 Sami people

Lapland or ( Sápmi ) is the name of a region in north Europe that "belongs" to Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sápmi is a landarea that covers a total area of 388,350 square kilometre crossing all these four countrys borderline. The Sami are the indigenous people of this land. There are several statistics showing average figures of  40,000 Sami living in Norway, 20,000 in Sweden, 6,000 in Finland and 2,000 living in Russia.

• More facts and figures from Wikipedia about the Sami people