The parts of Sweden where unemployment is highest among young people are “…”
Friday, 24 February 2012
In 24 Swedish municipalities, youth unemployment is over 30
percent. Bromölla in Scania (Skåne) has the highest
proportion (34.5 percent) while the Danderyd and Lidingö in Stockholm
have the lowest (4.3 percent).
The old mining villages are severely affected. In Värmland Hagfors
unemployment has peaked been up 45 percent over the past four years,
writes Swedish Dagens Nyheter, which also noted the new statistics from
the Employment Service.
High youth unemployment is also found in the densely populated areas,
often in areas with a high proportion of minorities ethnic groups –
described here is Sweden mostly as immigrants.
They will always remain immigrants because they have and will hardly be
integrated in the society. Other places such as they are known as
ethnic minority because although they are part of the society, they are
a group of people who are different from the main stream.
Back to the you unemployment story, One example where in the urban
areas one find heavy number of youth unemployment is Sörmland
Eskilstuna – an hour’s drive from Stockholm. Here youth unemployment
reaches 28 percent. In Skåne town of Landskrona, between
Helsingborg and Malmö, the same level is also observed
“Eskilstuna is similar to the old industrial cities with similar
economic structure as these. Eskilstuna has not progressed as far
towards the service society that cities of similar size with the
university offer, “said Clas Olsson, chief analyst at the Employment
Service, told he paper.
The problems of old industrial areas are according to associated with a
culture where young people expect to get a job at a large industry.
Many have a weak traditional drive to learn and are particularly less
likely, especially the young men, are less likely to move.
By Scancomark.se Team
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