There is no quick fix when it comes to dealing with the high middle age among Norrbotten's regional politicians.

But the parties need to review their internal processes to attract more young people to get involved.

That is the opinion of Simon Matti, political scientist at Luleå University of Technology.

- That we in Norrbotten have older politicians must also be weighed against the age structure in the county as a whole.

If we have many elderly people in the county, it is also reasonable that we have a higher representation in those groups.

Huge task to attract younger people

But he also believes that there is a problem with the skewed age distribution.

- There, the parties have a huge task to attract younger people to participate, to get involved, to stand for election.

Without it, the whole idea of ​​a representative democracy falls.

That younger people are not persuaded to get involved politically must have to do with the parties' internal processes, says Simon Matti.

You can hear more about his reasoning in the video.