Finland Historical Geography

The borders of Finland have changed several times, beginning in 1323 with the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Finland, through 1947 after the end of WWII between Russia and Finland. The following link leads to a summary of those border changes. Included are maps depicting the new borders. http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=160531

For more information on the Treaty of Nöteborg, also known as the Treaty of Oreshek in Finnish, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_N%C3%B6teborg

The following links touch on border relationships between Russia and Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%E2%80%93Russian_border

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has the following book that describes the history of the borders of Lappland in Norway, Finland, Sweden and the changes that occurred from 1751 to 1944. It is written in Norwegian and can be checked out at the Access Services Window on the International Floor of the Library.

Norsk folkemuseum. Grenser i Sameland. Oslo: Norsk Folkemuseum, c1989. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/565500?availability=Family%20History%20Library