Lappmark
/ˈlæpˌmɑːrk/noun
A historical term for a region of northern Scandinavia associated with the Sámi people.
Did you know?Lappmark is a Swedish administrative term built from an old exonym for the Sámi plus mark, meaning a borderland or district, so the word itself preserves a history of naming land from the outside.
Etymological Timeline
Old Norse / Early Germanic
Germanic
markō
“Border, boundary, frontier district”
Old Norse
ON
mǫrk
“Forest, borderland”
Medieval Swedish
Swedish
Lappmark
“Land or district associated with the Lapps/Sámi”
16th–19th Century
Swedish
Lappmark
“A northern frontier administrative region in Sweden and Finland”
Modern English
English
Lappmark
“Historical term for a Sámi border region in Scandinavia”