In October last year, a total of 8130 persons were registered as unemployed in Dalarna. This year it has increased to 8310 people, according to the Employment Service.

The positive, however, is that unemployment among young people and also foreign-born has decreased by two percentage points and 1.7 percentage points respectively since last year.

- The valleys have been generally good at putting newcomers to work. Much has also been invested in cooperation between the municipality, the employment services and the business community, and this has an effect in the longer term. A project like "Double up" in Borlänge also produced results, says Jan Sundqvist, who is a labor market analyst.

Difficult for foreign born without education

At the same time, he points out the difficulties of getting a certain group of people into work.

- Foreign-born women who have no upper secondary education find it very difficult to get a job. There you can see a clear polarization.

Education solution

He thinks the solution to the problem is just education.

- We have to deal with it, because otherwise it will be difficult to find the right skills for qualified jobs, such as in care and care and in technology. We do not have the skills that are really needed, he says.