Southern Lapland (Finnish: Peräpohjola or Peräpohja;[1] Swedish: Nordbotten[2] or Överbotten; lit. 'Rear Bothnia') was the northernmost part of the historical province of Ostrobothnia, and has sometimes been considered a separate region,[3][4] but it is now 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 that year. Parts of the Salla-Kuusamo area, which included the easternmost part of southern Lapland, were 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]
The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is the regional bird of Southern Lapland.[7]
Municipalities of Southern Lapland
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edit- ^ Terho Itkonen: Kielen kärjeltä, pp. 155–158 (in Finnish)
- ^ Liljeström, Fredrik. "Österbotten - Uppslagsverket Finland 1985". Nykarlebyvyer (in Swedish). Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Otavan iso tietosanakirja (1963), pp. 1094 (in Finnish)
- ^ Uusi pikkujättiläinen (1989), pp. 415 (in Finnish)
- ^ Jowett, Philip; Snodgrass, Brent (2006). Finland at War 1939–45. Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-969-1.
- ^ Vehviläinen, Olli (2002). Finland in the Second World War: Between Germany and Russia. New York: Palgrave. ISBN 0333801490.
- ^ Riekko, Lagopus lagopus – LuontoPortti (in Finnish)
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