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Southern Lapland (Finnish: Peräpohjola or Peräpohja; Swedish: Nordbotten or Överbotten; lit. 'Rear Bothnia') was the northernmost part of the historical province of Ostrobothnia, and has sometimes been considered a separate region, 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 and again in 1944, after the end of the Continuation War.

The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is the regional bird of Southern Lapland.

Municipalities of Southern Lapland

• Kemi
• Kemijärvi
• Keminmaa
• Kolari
• Pello
• Posio
• Ranua
• Rovaniemi
• Salla
• Simo
• Tervola
• Tornio
• Ylitornio

See also

• Laponia
• Peräpohjola dialects

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.
7. Riekko, Lagopus lagopus – LuontoPortti (in Finnish)

v t e Historical provinces of Finland
Finland Proper	Finland Proper (except Loimaa and Somero municipalities)
Karelia	North Karelia (except Heinävesi municipality) South Karelia eastern Kymenlaakso easternmost North Savo southwestern South Savo
Laponia	Lapland, northern (Enontekiö, Inari, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Savukoski, Sodankylä and Utsjoki municipalities)
Ostrobothnia	Central Ostrobothnia Coastal Ostrobothnia Kainuu Lapland, southern (Kemi, Kemijärvi, Keminmaa, Kolari, Muonio, Pello, Posio, Ranua, Rovaniemi, Salla, Simo, Tervola, Tornio and Ylitornio municipalities) North Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia (except Soini and Ähtäri municipalities)
Satakunta	Satakunta predominantly Pirkanmaa Keuruu and Multia of Central Finland Loimaa of Finland Proper Soini and Ähtäri of South Ostrobothnia
Savonia	predominantly North Savo predominantly South Savo
Tavastia	Central Finland (except Keuruu and Multia municipalities) Kanta-Häme Päijät-Häme Somero of Finland Proper northwestern Kymenlaakso westernmost North Savo southern and easternmost Pirkanmaa southwesternmost South Savo
Uusimaa	Uusimaa southwestern Kymenlaakso
Åland	Åland

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