The population in Jokkmokk municipality has decreased by an average of 39 people in the last four half years.
If, against all odds, it continued at exactly the same pace, the municipality would be completely empty in a little less than 63 years.
However, it is not really that bad, believes municipal councilor Robert Bernhardsson (S).
- The number of births and deaths in the municipality will be more balanced in 7-10 years, he says.
But with fewer and fewer residents, the municipality's structure is becoming more and more obsolete because it is based on what it looked like in the 50s and 60s and therefore you now have to demolish public premises, among other things.
In the video above, you hear the municipal council about the situation and what to do to reverse the trend.