Norrbotten is the name of an unofficial Province ("landskap") in Sweden, originally a part of Westrobothnia, which gradually grow apart from Westrobothnia after the creation of Norrbotten County in 1810. Though Norrbotten is not one of the traditional provinces of Sweden, it is often considered a province, e. g. in atlases, statistics and culture.

The population is 194,376 as of 2004, distrubuted over 26,810 km², which gives a density of 7,3/km².