Sweden Takes The Lead On Fossil-Free Steel

THE NORTHERN GREEN REVOLUTION From "basically gone" to new industrialization.

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2013, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said that industrial jobs were "basically gone" and that more low-wage jobs were needed.

After the change of government from Conservative to Social Democrat in 2014, one of the main priorities for the former union leader and new Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was re-industrialization.

At first, efforts were done to attract Big Tech to establish in Sweden. It succeeded. But the consequence was dull server halls providing a handful of jobs and demanding large amounts of energy.

When Northvolt’s battery factory in Skellefteå is in full speed more than 3 000 people will work there. The image is from August 2022. Photo: Northvolt.

The Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015. For all its flaws and shortcomings, it still signaled that world leaders were serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Together with the EU's system for trading emissions rights, it contributed to the awakening of many global companies.

Sooner or later they would have to change. It was time to start working.