Lapland

American  

[lap-land] / ˈlæpˌlænd /

noun

1. a region in northern Norway, northern Sweden, northern Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the northwestern Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by the Sami.

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Lapland British  

/ ˈlæpˌlænd /

noun

1. Also called (informal): Land of the Midnight Sun.  an extensive region of N Europe, mainly within the Arctic Circle: consists of the N parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the extreme NW of Russia

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Sensitive Note

See Lapp.

Example Sentences

Back in my room at Lapland Hotel I turn on the private sauna.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

She returns to the kitchen and I order her Lapland Delicacies platter, a kind of northern greatest hits presented on a slice of tree.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

But Trump's desire to acquire strategically-located Greenland has now raised "more and more" suspicions about the deal, Sanna Kopra, an Arctic geopolitics and security professor at the University of Lapland, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The unusual cold in Lapland comes as a storm passing over northern Europe has brought wintry conditions and travel disruption to the UK, France and Germany.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

She gazed at Mrs. Coulter with awe, and listened rapt and silent to her tales of igloo building, of seal hunting, of negotiating with the Lapland witches.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman