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

And Lord Asriel had been in the far North: when she’d seen him last, he was preparing an expedition to Lapland...

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman