BUSINESS IN LAPLAND – ABOVE ORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES
Get on the fast track to northern business: discover Arctic opportunities and partner with local experts. Lapland attracts increasing economic interest and significant investments.
The biggest sectors include forest industry, metal industry, mining, and tourism. Local expertise steps in when it comes to thriving in cold temperatures and protecting the natural ecosystem.
Check out eight reasons to locate in Lapland and delve in deeper below.
Tourism
Tourism in Lapland is growing steadily and significantly faster than the average international growth pace of the industry.
Bio- & Circular Economy
Forestry is Lapland’s second-biggest industry sector, and the bioeconomy has significant growth potential in the province.
Mining & Metal Industry
Lapland is the center of Finland’s mining and metal industry. The mining carried out in Lapland accounts for over half of the industry’s overall volume.
Logistics & testing
Lapland’s location is globally interesting and its traffic flows are growing on land, water, and air. Five airports and two harbors serve international trade, whilst Lapland accounts for 7 percent of Finnish export.
Wellbeing
Natural product sector and future solutions for living have potential in Lapland.
Current topics
Lapland is waiting for new tourism investments
Expansion projects underway, new investments coming and big demand for program services.
Bioeconomy factories would bring thousands of new jobs to Lapland
Boreal Bioref -project in Kemijärvi, Metsä Fibre and Kaidi projects in Kemi would be significant to the economy in Lapland
Port of Kemi prepares itself for the growth of forest industry
Several upcoming investment projects in the forest and mining industry may well influence the future of the Port of Kemi more than anything before
FACTS & FIGURES
Infographics and briefing papers about Arctic Business
Infographic: 10 facts about tourism in Lapland 2019
Facts and figures of tourism business in Lapland
Infographic: Lapland investment potential up to 2030
Infographic: Lapland investment potential up to 2030
Infographic: Key Economic Figures of Lapland 2018
Lapland's industrial export forms 7% of the total value of Finnish industrial exports