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The situation of regions with geographical characteristics:
Sparsely populated regions
and regions in demographic decline
Kent Ögren, County Councillor of Norrbotten
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Norrbotten makes up one quarter of the
area of Sweden.
The region has a population of around
255,000 in an area as large as Belgium,
Luxembourg and the Netherlands
combined.
Norrbotten has 2,6 inhabitants/km2. The
EU average is 116.
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The North of Europé in a Global Perspective
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Taking advantage of the territory
The Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi is one of Europe's bestknown
tourist attractions, drawing visitors from all over the world.
Half a million ice-glasses a year are made.
Tourism in Norrbotten is steadily growing: today the
tourism sector in Norrbotten employs about 2,600 people.
Arvidsjaur and Arjeplog is the hub of car and car
component testing. The world’s leading car
manufacturers come here to test products in an extreme
climate. The car testing sector is growing at a rate of 1525 per cent annually.
The Vidsel Base, which extends for scores of kilometres
across the inland districts, provides excellent conditions
for military proving operations.
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Our needs
Our contributions
 Creating a constant development of
multi level governance.
 Enlarging functional regions by
more effective communications and
infrastructural improvements.
 Developing methods for sharing
good practice in the field of
service.
 Realising the Lisbon strategy within
the framework of cohesion policy
and other policy measures taken at
EU level with a continued focus on
areas defined by geographical
characteristics – for example,
geographically and demographically
exposed regions with sparsely
populated areas and long distances.
 A sustainable exploitation of our
bio-and wind energy potential as
well as other renewable energy
sources.
 Forestry, agriculture, fisheries
and mining are important industries
with great potential for further
sustainable exploitation.
 Methods and solutions within the
field of eHealth and distancespanning technologies.
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©: Lars Thulin
Thank you for your attention and welcome back to Norrbotten!