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We create sustainable success for Lapland

The target of the Regional Council of Lapland is, as stated in the regional programme, to create success in a sustainable way in the cleanest region of the world.

About the Regional Council

Regional Council of Lapland


The Regional Council of Lapland develops, plans and safeguards the interests of the most northern, geographically most extensive and the most international region in Finland.

We are a statutory joint municipal authority, the members of which are all of the 21 municipalities of Lapland.  Our work centres on the wellbeing of Lapland’s people, as well as the living force, pulling force and holding force of Lapland.

Municipalities of Lapland

The Regional Council of Lapland is owned by the 21 municipalities of Lapland, which together form the “Above Ordinary” region.

The distance from Simo, the southernmost municipality of Lapland on the shore of the Bay of Bothnia, to Nuorgam in Utsjoki at the top of Finland is more than 500 kilometres. The area of Lapland, 100,366 square kilometres, is almost one-third of the total area of Finland.

The 21 municipalities of Lapland can be grouped into six sub-regions: Eastern Lapland, Kemi-Tornio, Northern Lapland, Rovaniemi region, Torne Valley, and Fell Lapland.

More information about the municipalities

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