Southern Lapland

Southern Lapland ( or "Peräpohja"; or "Överbotten"; lit. "Rear Bothnia") is the northernmost part of historical Ostrobothnia, which has sometimes been considered a separate Finnish region, but which is now considered part of the Lapland region. It belonged to the province of Oulu for a long time, but from 1938 it formed the southern part of the province of Lapland, which was founded at that time. Parts of the Salla-Kuusamo area, which included the easternmost part of southern Lapland, was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940 after the end of the Winter War and again in 1944 after the end of the Continuation War.