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Swedish Lappland
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Coordinates: 65°55′44″N 16°44′35″E / 65.929°N 16.743°E / 65.929; 16.743
Country	Sweden
Land	Norrland
Counties	Västerbotten County Norrbotten County Jämtland County
Area
• Total	109,702 km2 (42,356 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	94,350
• Density	0.86/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Language	Swedish, Saami
Culture
• Flower	Mountain avens
• Animal	Arctic fox
• Bird	Bluethroat
• Fish	Salvelinus
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Swedish Lapland (Swedish: Svenska Lappland) is a historical province in northern Sweden. Once covering all of Lapland, the eastern half was lost in 1809, becoming Finnish Lapland.

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