Where history meets future: witnessing transformation in northern Sweden
Dioxin, quicksilver, arsenic – only some of the toxic substances that the timber industry left behind over some 100 years in the Scharins area of otherwise beautiful Ursviken, just outside the northern Swedish city of Skellefteå, But May 2026 will see the unveiling of what decade-long efforts to decontaminate and revitalise the site by the Skellefte river have achieved.[En bild som visar Pc-spel, utomhus, skärmbild, Strategispel AI-genererat innehåll kan vara felaktigt.] Visualisation: Bigert & Bergström (no download, alternative download