See the map that shows the reality for pregnant women in sparsely populated areas

Already when they heard that the maternity hospital in Lycksele would be closed this summer, they drew the map.

It shows that pregnant women in Tärnaby have as far to give birth as if a pregnant woman in Stockholm were to travel to Gothenburg to give birth.

- In addition, we don't have two lanes and center rails here.

We have moose, reindeer, ice and darkness.

Imagine driving along those roads when the construction work is underway, says Emma Stenmark.

Distance to BB in Skellefteå or Umeå when Lycksele is closed.

Photo: SVT Graphics

Important domestic issue

Emma Lindfors sits on the municipal council for the Social Democrats in Norsjö.

She calls herself an activist, like her friends.

Inland residents' important questions and perspectives need to be raised, she believes.

- I would not have wanted to be pregnant in Tärnaby at Christmas time, she says.

Hear more in the clip above.