Matti A. Pitkänen : Suomen Lappi = Den finska Lappmarken = Das finnische Lappland

"Lapland has played an important part in my life over the years," says the author of this book, photographer and academic, Matti A. Pitkänen. His closeness to both Lapland and her people comes to the reader on every page of this fascinating work. As a result of his more than fifty trips north of the Arctic Circle, Pitkänen has been able to capture with his camera the essential essence of the region. As well as those fascinating details that the ordinary traveller would normally miss.

In this way Pitkänen helps to broaden and deepen our understanding of Finnish Lapland and the way life is supported there - reindeer breeding, forestry and methods of tourism. The book also comprehensively deals with the history of settlement in the region, its colourful landscape and people - thus providing a lasting record of this the last wilderness of Europe.