Sápmi

Sápmi is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people, an indigenous population spanning parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Most of the territory lies north of the Arctic Circle, bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea, and reaching south into Trøndelag in Norway and Jämtland in Sweden. Sápmi has never been a sovereign state, but since the 1970s and 1990s the Sámi have achieved limited self-governance through parliamentary bodies in the Nordic countries, coordinated by the Sámi Council. The region was historically known in Scandinavian languages as Finnmǫrk, Lappmarken, and Lappland, with Lapland remaining the traditional English name even though Sápmi is now the preferred term. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/