- Foreword and acknowledgements - Acronyms and abbreviations - Executive summary - Assessment and Recommendations - Addressing the shared policy challenges of the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas - Finland's Northern Sparsely Populated Areas - Norway's Northern Sparsely Populated Areas - Sweden's Northern Sparsely Populated Areas - Central Ostrobothnia, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Kainuu, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Lapland, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - North Karelia, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Pohjois-Savo, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - South Savo, Finland (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Finnmark, Norway (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Nordland, Norway (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Troms, Norway (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Jämtland Härjedalen, Sweden (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Norrbotten, Sweden (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Västerbotten, Sweden (Northern Sparsely Populated Area) - Västernorrland, Sweden (Northern Sparsely Populated Area)

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