Die entwicklungsprobleme im “nordkalottgebiet” Schwedens Development problems in the northernmost parts of Sweden Les problèmes de développement dans la région suédoise de la “calotte du nord” |
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| Authors: | Erik Bylund |
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| Institution: | ∗ Prof. Dr. Erik Bylund, Department of Geography, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Sweden's high economic and social standard has been gained through a hard past and present structural rationalization process in the economy. This process has had the regional consequence that Norrland and especially its northernmost parts have met with considerable difficulties in maintaining services and full employment. A large number of farmers and forest workers migrated southward. Swedish location policy after 1965 aims at creating one or two growth poles in northern Norrland; Luleå and its neighbouring towns of Piteå and Boden appear to have good prerequisites. However, Umeå has the strongest population increase, a result of the newly established university which has developed very rapidly. It appears that the growth potentials in northern Norrland are greatest on the coast. Long distances, a widely spread population, and a bad urban structure with too many small communities and no big expansive ones make the inland of northern Norrland the greatest regional-political problem in Sweden. |
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