In recent years, the question of city to country has influenced much of the debate in northern Sweden. People have protested against cuts in health care and government service. We have seen several organized protests, such as the Inland Uprising, the Landstorm and the Doroteau call.

Historian Lars Trägårdh has led the research project The Trust Barometer, which looked at social cohesion and trust over time and in different parts of the country.

- We see a tendency towards increased inequality, difference between city and country, a variation in trust and security. This is something we have to take very seriously, says Trägårdh.

An unusual case

Skellefteå is unusual in that half of the municipality's more than 70,000 inhabitants live outside the city, where polarization between city and country becomes visible within the same municipality - a polarization that will now be debated in SVT's investment Sweden meets .

- We shout that our children should also be able to go to school and that our elders who will be able to shop and live in the countryside, writes the signature Agneta on Facebook.

"Don't know how good they are"

But the villagers also get bumped.

- Skellefteå is well located in service level to rural areas. Skellefteå are spoiled and do not know how good they are, writes Hans on Facebook.

In the clip above you can see Wivanne Lundberg from the district of Morö Backe and Gunilla Hedlund in the village of Hökmark, which has completely different perspectives in the debate in Skellefteå.

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Sweden meets

This article is part of the project Sweden meets.

During the fall, we at SVT will reflect on a number of issues where opinions are sharply disjointed and examine what happens when people actually meet and talk - eye to eye. Want to meet someone who doesn't like you, or just know more? Visits to Sweden meet website.