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Norrbotten , known in English as North Bothnia , is a Swedish ___MASK27___ (" landskap ") in northernmost Sweden . It borders south to Västerbotten , west to Swedish Lapland , and east to Finland . The ___MASK39___ of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic ___MASK84___ . It is situated between Finland ' s west coast and Sweden ' s east coast . In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands , between the ___MASK84___ of Åland and the Archipelago ___MASK84___ . Denmark is a Scandinavian ___MASK17___ in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of Denmark is the ___MASK18___ that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic ___MASK13___ : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Denmark has a total area of , and a ___MASK40___ of 5 . 7 million . The ___MASK17___ consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low ___MASK46___ and a temperate climate . Nordland is a ___MASK73___ in Norway in the Northern Norway region , bordering Troms in the north , Nord - Trøndelag in the south , Norrbotten ___MASK73___ in Sweden to the east , Västerbotten ___MASK73___ to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean ( Norwegian ___MASK84___ ) to the west . The ___MASK73___ was formerly known as " Nordlandene amt ". The ___MASK73___ administration is in Bodø . The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995 . Gällivare ( or ) is a ___MASK71___ and the ___MASK42___ of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten ___MASK73___ , ___MASK27___ of Lapland , Sweden with 8 , 449 inhabitants in 2010 . The town was founded in the 17th century . Together with nearby towns Malmberget and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation with some 15 , 000 inhabitants . This conurbation is the second northernmost significant ___MASK54___ after Kiruna . Northern Europe is the northern ___MASK38___ or region of Europe . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , Northern Europe may be considered to consist approximately of all of Europe above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the ___MASK1___ of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the United Kingdom , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , northern Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , northern Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other ___MASK92___ factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a ___MASK38___ of North America , is politically a ___MASK38___ of the Kingdom of Denmark , and may be included depending on the definition . Norrbotten ___MASK73___ (" Norrbottens län ") is the northernmost ___MASK73___ or " län " of Sweden . It borders Västerbotten ___MASK73___ to the southwest , the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast . It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest , and Lapland ___MASK27___ in Finland to the northeast . Västerbotten , known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia , is a ___MASK27___ (" landskap ") in the north of Sweden , bordering Ångermanland , Lapland , North Bothnia and the Gulf of Bothnia . It is known for the cheese named after the ___MASK27___ . Malmberget ( `` The ___MASK61___ Mountain '' ) is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality , Norrbotten County , Sweden with 5 , 590 inhabitants in 2010 . It is situated 5 kilometres from the municipal seat Gällivare . Malmberget is known as a major site for the ___MASK97___ of iron ore from deep mines by the company LKAB . The iron ore mining started in 1741 at the Illuvaara mountain , later known as Gellivare malmberg and eventually just Malmberget . The first train transporting iron ore was loaded in 1888 - this was the beginning of the great iron ore rush which would change the entire area of Northern Lapland . In Malmberget there were lots of job opportunities but no dwellings - a striking resemblance to the conditions during some of the gold rushes in North America . During the first years , workers lived in shacks built from wasted dynamite crates . Right down the centre of Malmberget , the deep mine has reached daylight and thus created a huge hole called Kaptensgropen ( `` The Captain ' s Pit '' ) . In March 2012 , Gropen was joined with a new pit resulting from the ' Fabian ' - deposit caving in as planned , and has grown southwards as the deep mining continues , and thus divided the town while making the old town centre uninhabitable and forcing many institutions ( e . g . the two existing cinemas and the church ) to move to the western part of Malmberget or , even more commonly , to the neighbouring town of Gällivare . Today Gropen is being filled up with stone which is dug up as a by - product from the underground mines . Gropen will eventually be filled in , but the uninhabitable area is continually growing as underground mining undermines the area and seismic events caused by the mining regularly shake the remaining parts of Malmberget . The future of Malmberget is currently uncertain , but prospecting by LKAB indicates that even more of Malmberget may have to move in the future . The moving of several large residential houses owned by the mining company , as well as private villas , has been a major issue locally for the past few years . The iron ore extracted from Malmberget is mainly transported by rail southeast to the port of Luleå . ( See Swedish iron ore during World War II ) . ___MASK82___ ' s vicinity shares a long ___MASK51___ with the indigenous Sami people , with evidence of at least 6000 years of settlement . ___MASK82___ of Kiruna was founded in 1900 and quickly became a major centre of iron ore extraction and mining industry . During World War II , large quantities of iron were transported from Kiruna by rail to the east coast , and further down to be sold to Germany . Due to Kiruna ' s position north of the Arctic ___MASK53___ the city experiences both midnight sun and polar night throughout the year as well as a very cold climate , even by Scandinavian standards . Gällivare ___MASK25___ (, or " Váhira gielda ") is a ___MASK25___ in Norrbotten ___MASK73___ in northern Sweden . Its seat is Gällivare . The ___MASK25___ is the third biggest in Sweden . A ___MASK77___ is a region comprising a ___MASK20___ of cities , large towns , and other urban areas that , through ___MASK40___ growth and physical expansion , have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area . In most cases , a ___MASK77___ is a polycentric urbanised area , in which transportation has developed to link areas to create a ___MASK45___ urban labour market or travel to work area . Västerbotten ___MASK73___ (" Västerbottens län ") is a ___MASK73___ or " län " in the north of Sweden . It borders the counties of Västernorrland , Jämtland , and Norrbotten , as well as the Norwegian ___MASK73___ of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia . Norway (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary ___MASK26___ whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . The European ___MASK66___ ( EU ) is a political and ___MASK75___ of ___MASK15___ states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal ___MASK45___ market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all ___MASK15___ states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU ___MASK15___ states which use the euro currency . Scandinavia is a historical and ___MASK98___ in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . Troms is a ___MASK73___ in Northern Norway . It borders Finnmark ___MASK73___ to the northeast and Nordland ___MASK73___ in the southwest . Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter ___MASK8___ with Lapland ___MASK27___ in Finland . To the west is the Norwegian ___MASK84___ ( Atlantic Ocean ). Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian ___MASK17___ in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a ___MASK78___ - tunnel across the Öresund . At , Sweden is the third - largest ___MASK17___ in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . Sweden consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the ___MASK17___ . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Län ( Swedish ) and lääni ( Finnish ) refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland . The provinces of Finland were abolished on ___MASK93___ ___MASK6___ , 2010 . Finland , officially the ___MASK1___ of Finland , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland . Finland is a Nordic country situated in the ___MASK92___ region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . Finland ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . Koskullskulle is a ___MASK71___ situated in Gällivare ___MASK25___ , Norrbotten ___MASK73___ , Sweden with 874 inhabitants in 2010 .