ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwayimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down110
arrow-up1532arrow-down1imageIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwayickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarecolourlessidealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·1 year agoSmall correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoOh, sorry I just assumed Lapland when I saw reindeer. Lapland - or Sápmi to be precise, but that’s an even larger area - is in the North of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWhen you correct people, double-check that you’re correct. I spent several weeks in Lapland, and I was nowhere close to Finland at any point
minus-squarecolourlessidealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoI did, and I suppose you did as well which would have shown you what I meant and the differences between the Lapland of Finland and the general Sápmi region which is not often referred to as Lapland any more.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_(Sweden)
minus-squarecolourlessidealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·1 year agoI hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIdk man. They’re completely in the right. I’ve never heard of anyone thinking Lapland is solely Finnish? Even the Finnish Wiki doesn’t think that.
Small correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.
Oh, sorry I just assumed Lapland when I saw reindeer.
Lapland - or Sápmi to be precise, but that’s an even larger area - is in the North of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
When you correct people, double-check that you’re correct.
I spent several weeks in Lapland, and I was nowhere close to Finland at any point
I did, and I suppose you did as well which would have shown you what I meant and the differences between the Lapland of Finland and the general Sápmi region which is not often referred to as Lapland any more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_(Sweden)
I hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!
Idk man. They’re completely in the right. I’ve never heard of anyone thinking Lapland is solely Finnish?
Even the Finnish Wiki doesn’t think that.