Finland is a Nordic country bordering the Baltic Sea between Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, Estonia to the south, and north-eastern Norway to the north.

 Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. Lapland borders the region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Troms and Finnmark County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia.