Expedition 2022
The MUST project team visited Luleå in May/June 2022 in order to investigate how this northern city works to become more sustainable. The city is going through a dramatic period of growth now, expecting to add 20,000 residents to the population of 80,000. It is the site of a Facebook server farm and new fossil-free steel plant. A new battery factory and an additional steel plant are coming to nearby cities. Luleå is building new neighborhoods to accommodate the expected new residents. Overall, Luleå is an interesting case study of how cities manage change in adapting to the new environment of the Arctic.
Robert Orttung, Director of Research, Sustainable GWU
Luleå, Sweden
Photo by Max Sher. Kiruna, Sweden
May 23
Meeting with Lumire company
Tour of Risslan, Lumire’s new recycling facility
Photos by Jacob Tafrate
Meeting with Helén Wiklund Wårell (Head of the City Planning/Building Administration) and Maria Nordgren (Head of Democracy & Society) at the municipality administrative building.
Welcome Meeting with Pär Weihed, Pro-Vice Chancellor of Luleå University of Technology.
Welcome Meeting with Simon Matti, Professor of Political Science at Luleå University of Technology.
Presentation about ArtSLInK by Olga Zaslavskaya, Vera Kuklina, Andrey Petrov and Max Sher.
ArtSLInK presentation (PDF 14 Mb)
Artist Presentation by Max Sher.
May 24
Tour of ICE Data Center with Mattias Vesterlund (Project Manager) at RISE
Tour the Data Center Greenhouse (Energy Innovation) in Boden, Sweden
Meeting with Mattias Vesterlund, Håkan Nordin (Boden Business Agency) and Helena Löfgren (Job Centre at Boden Municipality)
May 25
Meeting with Johan Sjökvist (Luleå Business Region), AnneLie Granljung (Planning Director, Societal Development for Luleå Municipality), Viktor Kåreborn (Program leader for Kompetenslotsen, a collaboration between Luleå Business Region and the municipality, working on strategic labor market policy)
Meeting with Carina Samelli (Director of Municipal Government)
Meeting with Mats Aspemo (Director of Regional Public Transport Authority, Norrbotten County)
May 26
Artist Presentation by Aleksandra Ianchenko
Artist Workshop CITY SKETCHING by Aleksandra Ianchenko
Sketching in the city
Photo by Aleksandra Ianchenko. Luleå, Sweden
Photo by Aleksandra Ianchenko. Luleå, Sweden
Photo by Aleksandra Ianchenko. Luleå, Sweden
Sketches by participants
May 27
Discussion about Yellowknife with Mayor Rebecca Alty
Artist Workshop City Sketching: Discussion by Aleksandra Ianchenko
Sketching Atmospheres of the City. Story by Aleksandra Ianchenko
Kiruna, Sweden
May 30
Meeting with Elin Håkansson, Destination Development (Tourism) Kiruna Lapland
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Meeting with Nina Eliasson (Planning and Development Manager of Kiruna Municipality, managing the transformation and move of the city) at Municipal Building
Photo by Max Sher. Kiruna, Sweden
Photo by Marya Rozanova-Smith. Kiruna, Sweden
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya. Kiruna, Sweden
Tour of Kiruna Mine LKAB
Photo by Marya Rozanova-Smith. Kiruna, Sweden
Photo by Marya Rozanova-Smith. Kiruna, Sweden
Photo by Zoe Garbis. Kiruna, Sweden
May 31
Meeting with Joakim Norman (RIT & LTU Business in Kiruna)
Nutti Sámi Siida: Reindeer, Sámi culture and food in Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Jokkmokk, Sweden
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya. Jokkmokk, Sweden
June 1
Meeting with Jan Erik Läntta, Chair, Jåhkågaska tjiellde sameby (at Ajtte)
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Photo by Vera Kuklina
Meeting with Jan Erik Läntta, Chair, Jåhkågaska tjiellde sameby (at Ajtte)
Guided tour of Ájtte Museum
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Time TBD Virtual meeting with Sara-Elvira Kuhmunen (Saminuorra, Young Sami Organization)
Stop at Storforsen on the way to Luleа
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Luleå, Sweden
June 2
Discussion about social sustainability and urban transformations with Eugenia Segerstedt (sociologist and historian at Luleå University of Technology)
Roundtable of ArtSLInK progress
Photo by Zoe Garbis
Photo by Zoe Garbis
June 3
Virtual meeting with Dag Avango (Professor of History at LTU) about history of technological and cultural change in the Arctic
Meeting with Jenny Ekerljung (organizer for youth at Luleå Municipality) at Navet (Youth center)
Meeting with Nils Harnesk (Chair of Luleå Lokaltrafik LLT, Public transport system) at LTU
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Meeting with Johan Sandström (Professor of Business/Sociology at LTU and author of Gruvans Makt — “The power of the mine” about Kiruna)
June 4
Visit of exhibition
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
Photo by Olga Zaslavskaya
June 5
Drive to Northvolt Ett opening day event
Photo by Robert Orttung
Photo by Robert Orttung
Photo by Robert Orttung
June 6
Cow release day
Photo by Robert Orttung
June 7
Meeting with Janus Brandin, Director of Development for Norrbotten County
June 8
Drive to Markbygden Wind Farm in Pitea
June 13
Seminar at Nordregio