Worst is the situation in Vilhelmina, where one goes for a profit of minus SEK 23.5 million. Municipal Council Annika Andersson says she does not expect to be "fed with money from the state" but that she would like to see more general government grants.

- SKL's financial report shows a rich state, but poor municipalities. Should it be, you can ask, says Annika Andersson (C).

The report she refers to is Sweden's municipal and county council's financial report which was presented on Wednesday. It shows that around 90 municipalities throughout the country are at risk of financial deficits.

From surplus to deficit

Robertsfors would also like to see more general government grants. There, it looks to go minus five million this year.

- We have had eight straight years of surplus in the past. But we have, for example, lost three million SEK in targeted government grants to the elderly and we have more children in preschool that mean we go minus, says the municipal council Patrik Nilsson (S).

In Västerbotten, there are six municipalities going for a plus this year. One of them is Skellefteå.

- We are going for plus SEK 20 million, but that is less than we had intended. We go from a boom to a low. But what worries me is that many municipalities around the country have poor results even before we enter a recession. It is a major challenge to manage the economy in the future, says Skellefteå's CFO Samuel Lundqvist.