Southern Lapland

Southern Lapland (Finnish: Peräpohjola or Peräpohja;[1] Swedish: Nordbotten[2] or Överbotten; lit. "Rear Bothnia") is the northernmost part of historical Ostrobothnia, which has sometimes been considered a separate Finnish region,[3][4] but which is now considered part of the Lapland region. It belonged to the province of Oulu for a long time, but from 1938 it formed the southern part of the province of Lapland, which was founded at that time. Parts of the Salla-Kuusamo area, which included the easternmost part of southern Lapland, was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940 after the end of the Winter War[5] and again in 1944 after the end of the Continuation War.[6]

Southern Lapland in Finland

Municipalities of the Southern Lapland

See also

References
  1. Terho Itkonen: Kielen kärjeltä, pp. 155–158 (in Finnish)
  2. Liljeström, Fredrik. "Österbotten - Uppslagsverket Finland 1985". Nykarlebyvyer (in Swedish). Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. Otavan iso tietosanakirja (1963), pp. 1094 (in Finnish)
  4. Uusi pikkujättiläinen (1989), pp. 415 (in Finnish)
  5. Jowett, Philip; Snodgrass, Brent (2006). Finland at War 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-969-1.
  6. Vehviläinen, Olli (2002). Finland in the Second World War: Between Germany and Russia. New York: Palgrave. ISBN 0333801490.
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