Northern Finland
Northern Finland comprises Finnish Lapland and the provinces of Kainuu and Northern Ostrobothnia. This region is very sparsely populated even for Finland – while it covers almost half of the country it has a population only slightly larger than that of Helsinki.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rovaniemi and Oulu.
Rovaniemi
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle, is the capital, transport hub and main commercial centre of Lapland, Finland's northernmost province. The city is 2,613 km south of the North Pole.
Oulu
Photo: Ä Vinnis Persön, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oulu is the biggest city in Northern Finland, with about 210,000 inhabitants. Once known for wood tar and salmon, Oulu has become a major high-tech centre, particularly in IT and wellness technology.
Kajaani
Kajaani is a town and municipality in Finland and the administrative capital of the Kainuu region. It lies south-east of Oulujärvi, which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along Oulujoki.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Finnish Lapland and Kainuu and Eastern Oulu region.
Finnish Lapland
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Finnish Lapland is the Arctic far north in Finland, strictly defined as the province of the same name, but in practice starting near the Arctic Circle.
Kainuu and Eastern Oulu region
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Kainuu is a region in Northern Finland. For practical purposes, the easternmost parts of Northern Ostrobothnia are also included in this article. Natural landscapes are omnipresent – this is the region where people go to see wildlife of the deep forests.
Southern Oulu region
The Southern Oulu region is in Northern Finland. This flat region doesn't contain any large cities or well-known sights so most people just pass through it when traveling between northern and southern Finland.
Western Oulu region
The Western Oulu region is in Northern Finland and consists of the western, coastal part of Northern Ostrobothnia.
Northern Finland
- Type: territory
- Description: area in the Northern part of Finland
- Also known as: “North Finland”
- Location: Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude of center
66.14° or 66° 8′ 24″ northLongitude of center
27° eastWikidata ID
Q3745730
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Satellite Map
Discover Northern Finland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Northern Finland” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Фінляндыя”
- Catalan: “Finlàndia septentrional”
- Dutch: “Noord-Finland”
- Finnish: “Pohjois Suomi”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Suomi”
- French: “Finlande septentrionale”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Φινλανδία”
- Hebrew: “צפון פינלנד”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Suomâ”
- Italian: “Finlandia settentrionale”
- Northern Sami: “Davvi-Suopma”
- Russian: “Северная Финляндия”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Lääʹddjânnam”
- Slovenian: “severna Finska”
- Swedish: “Norra Finland”
- Venetian: “Finlandia setentrionałe”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Northern Finland”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.