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Malmberget

Malmberget mining community north of the Arctic Circle has been undergoing a monumental transformation for a few years now. Due to undermining and sinkholes, large parts of the center are being demolished or moved. The mining company LKAB has total responsibility for the project. Several properties will be moved to Koskullskulle, while others will have newly built replacement houses away in Gällivare. The transformation is monumental and parts of society have been transformed into a ghost town.

I visited Malmberget with my partner Susanne the same day my granddaughter was born - June 9, 2020
 
Malmberget bus square with grafitti
Malmberget bus square with grafitti		 Tolfkanten (the 12-edged) - old place for advertising
Tolfkanten ("the 12-edged") - old place for advertising		 Graffiti at the bus station
Graffiti at the bus station		 Graffiti at the bus station
Graffiti at the bus station		 Urban transformation....LKAB way
Urban transformation....LKAB way
Urban transformation....LKAB way
Urban transformation....LKAB way		 Malmgrillen
Malmgrillen		 Photographer Lea Wikströms old hut
Photographer Lea Wikströms old hut		 Apartment house and Focushuset
Apartment house and "Focushuset"		 Abandoned apartment house
Abandoned apartment house
Abandoned apartment house
Abandoned apartment house		 Focushuset
Focushuset		 The golfclub`s old premises
The golfclub`s old premises		 measuring station for the lowering of the ground above the mine
measuring station for the lowering of the ground above the mine		 Small miner statue
Small miner statue
old centre in Malmberget
old centre in Malmberget		 Gällivare and Dundret in the background
Gällivare and "Dundret" in the background		 Gone - out of business.....
Gone - out of business.....		 Relocation, but still inhabited
Relocation, but still inhabited		 Someone left a chair for Susanne to rest in
Someone left a chair for Susanne to rest in
Preparing to move a house
Preparing to move a house		 Preparing to move a house
Preparing to move a house		 The street is adjusted for the heavy transport to take place
The street is adjusted for the heavy transport to take place		 Ababandoned houses
Ababandoned houses		 No more parking...
No more parking...
Evacuation of an apartment house
Evacuation of an apartment house		 This is what remains of some of the old wood houses
This is what remains of some of the old wood houses		 Road closed to the big sinkhole
Road closed to the big sinkhole		 Last house remaining on this street
Last house remaining on this street		 Abandoned house
Abandoned house
Abandoned house
Abandoned house		 Somebody used to live here.....
Somebody used to live here.....		 Abandoned Ford
Abandoned Ford

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