Harald Ericson was once the Social Democratic Municipal Council. Now he has left politics for a long time, but is an even more diligent gymnast.
He believes that it is important that bathing fees do not go away in the new bathhouse, which will be twice as large to the surface, will contain many more and different types of swimming pools as well as trampolines, slides also a large relaxation area with steam bath, hot springs and lounge.
"An Eldorado for many"Can the investment go beyond those who just go to the swimming pool just to swim?
- I really hope it doesn't happen. The swimming pool is a paradise for many people, he says.
After a three-hour debate, the city council clubbed the investment of 545 million, despite the fact that the construction has already started with the casting of the bottom plate in Kiruna's new center. Everything is financed by money that Kiruna Municipality has received from LKAB for the old bath house and other buildings to be phased out in the urban transformation.
But the annual operation must be paid for with the Kiruna tax. The documentation that had been prepared for today's meeting shows that it will increase from 13.3 million compared to 9.1 million in the old bathhouse. But at the same time, it is expected that revenues from entrance fees will increase from 2.1 to 4.3 million.