Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5235875
Area
Postcards
Title
Lappi Lapland
City
Street
Province / region
Country
Year
1978
Collection / set
Number on postcard
1724/2
Designer
Publisher as on card
General name of the publisher
Dimensions
14.5 x 10.4 cm
Printing technique
Details

Stamp Finland addressed to DeJong hoeksewaard 87 Amstelveen Postmarked June 20, 1978 Lapland (Sami: Sápmi) means Land of the Lapps. The people of the Lapps do have several languages of their own (the Sami languages), but not their own state. Lapland stretches over the very northernmost part of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia (Kola). The name 'Lappen' is perceived as insulting by the population themselves. He prefers the name Saami, Sámi or 'Samen'. In Finland there is also the region of the same name, see Lapland (region) and in Sweden there is the Swedish landscape Lapland.

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