North Calotte

{{Short description|Region in Northern Europe}}

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North Calotte{{Cite web |title=In English |url=https://granstjanst.se/information-in-english/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Nordkalottens granstjanst |language=sv-SE}} ({{lang|no|Nordkalotten}} in Norwegian and Swedish, or {{lang|fi|Pohjoiskalotti}} in Finnish), also known as the Cap of the North, consists of the regions of Norway, Sweden, and Finland located north of the Arctic Circle. It usually consists of the counties Finnmark, Nordland and Troms in Norway, Norrbotten in Sweden, and Lapland in Finland.{{Cite web |title=Nordkalotten |url=https://uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-Nordkalotten |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Uppslagsverket Finland}} Kola Peninsula of Russia is also included sometimes.{{Cite web |title=Nordkalotten |url=https://ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/article |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Nationalencyklopedin Uppslagverket}} The region has a subarctic climate and is home to the majority of the Sámi people.

The region contains over 30% of the total area of the three countries, but it houses less than 5% of their population.{{Citation |title=Nordkalotten |date=2021-01-30 |url=http://snl.no/Nordkalotten |work=Store norske leksikon |language=nb |access-date=2022-03-31}}

The Kola Peninsula was considered a part of this region until 1917, but this was changed{{Says who?|date=July 2022}} after the Russian Revolution, with the new Soviet Union closing their borders.