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Interesting. I’ve been to Stockholm a few times extended and definitely heard of Lapland, but not Norland.
by nodesocket 5y ago
Interesting. I’ve been to Stockholm a few times extended and definitely heard of Lapland, but not Norland.
- Lapland 5y agoLappland is a part of Norrland, but both of these terms are used in a historical sense as cultural/geographical regions, and nowadays replaced by counties
- nodesocket 5y agoUsername checks out. :-)
- kzrdude 5y agoLapland is a historical province in Sweden. You'll also find a northernmost part of Finland with the same name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland One area around three national parts (Padjelanta, Sarek, Stora sjöfallet) is also called Laponia. But the political division of Sweden around that area - that's Norbottens län, so that's the subdivision that people care most about in their day-to-day life.
- cuspycode 5y agoFinland was historically a part of Sweden for about 600 years, and the northernmost part was called Lapland. Nowadays that part is split into Swedish Lapland and Finnish Lapland. Norrland (literally "northern land") is the name for the part of Sweden that is north of approximately 61 degrees northern latitude, so it includes Swedish Lapland but also a lot more.
- alkonaut 5y agoNorr means ”north”. Norrland is the Northern 2/3 of the country. It’s not formally defined but more like the “Midwest” and similar. Lapland is a part of Norrland.