It started last spring with an apartment building on Biblioteksgatan, after which cracks were also discovered in the so-called Tempohuset.

Bolagsskolan and Hjalmar Lundbohmsskolan are also suffering from major cracks - all caused by LKAB's mining.

The snuff box and the Berlin Wall are evacuated

Now it is the houses called Snusdosan and the Berlin Wall in the neighborhood that are to be vacated earlier than 31 August, as was said earlier.

On Friday, the tenants received the message.

- There is no acute risk, but we want to empty as soon as possible to be on the safe side, says Anders Lindberg, press manager at LKAB.

Gun-Britt: "Now it's getting worse"

In 2017, the condominiums in the house were sold to LKAB and those who live in the house have so-called demolition contracts without the right of possession.

Now the anxiety is increasing, especially among the elderly in the houses.

- Yes, now it will be even worse.

I'm looking for an apartment at the same time as I'm considering moving out of town.

I do not want to move to another accommodation that will soon be demolished, says Gun-Britt Mäkitalo.

Neighbor Kerstin Nilsson has no solution in sight.

- They can not just throw us out and they can not demolish a house with people.

They have to solve this, she says.

This is how LKAB helps to provide housing

In the letter that LKAB has sent to the residents, it is emphasized that the basic principle is that you must arrange new housing on your own, but that you must also do your utmost to offer the tenants new housing.

LKAB has hired a pilot who will help search for and provide housing for those who have to move.

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In the clip, friends Inga-Lill Lundström and Gun-Britt Mäkitalo in Kiruna talk about how their lives have been turned completely upside down due to the move.

Photo: Hans Sternlund / SVT