SVT Norrbotten has, with the help of Statistics Sweden's figures, shown that Pajala municipality has lost both tax revenues and population - despite the mining investment in Tapulivuoma.

Jokkmokk does not yet have a mine, but tax revenues have only decreased marginally.

However, the emigration is greater than in Pajala.

"A significant sum"

Beowulf Mining hopes to get the go-ahead for mining in Kallak by the government in early March and has promised SEK 1 billion in extra tax revenue in 25 years.

And the mine management does not believe at all in a similar development as in Pajala.

- It is a significant sum for a municipality like Jokkmokk.

It depends a bit on how iron ore prices develop, but that there will be income taxes and employer contributions is obvious, says Sven-Otto Littorin, chairman of Beowulf Mining.

"More people must settle here"

He says that the mining company is in the starting pits for what the management calls "Task force Jokkmokk".

- If we get a positive decision, we will immediately sit down with the municipality, the local business community and other actors to discuss how we can make Jokkmokk so attractive that people want to move there, says Sven-Otto Littorin.

That's how they came up with a billion

Neither Jokkmokk's municipal councilor Robert Bernhardsson (S) nor the mayor Monica Lundkvist want to comment on the declining tax revenues in Pajala.

- But it is important for us to get more people to settle in the municipality, that is what gives the municipality revenue.

This is something we need to work on, regardless of whether it is a mining establishment or not.

The municipality must handle both a yes and a no in the best way, says Monica Lundkvist.

In the clip, Sven-Otto Littorin tells how they have arrived at the figure of one billion.