The municipal council in Sandviken about the secrecy at Microsoft: "They went by the code name Aqua"

You also did not know that it was about Microsoft?

- No, they went under the code name "Aqua", says Peter Kärnström (S).

What do you think about it?

- I'm not so comfortable with code names because we are a public administration.

But I can have some understanding of when companies want to keep their business secrets.

The problem is less in Sandviken

But a long-planned industrial area facilitated the establishment and made the problems for the residents of Sandviken less, according to him.

Perhaps their long-standing relationship with another global company, Sandvik, plays a major role.

- We are used to having a large industry in our municipality, that may be one explanation. Another explanation is that we had already planned land in Tuna and got rid of much of what needed to be done in Gävle, says Peter Kärnström.