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‘Stockholm to outpace London growth by 2030’

Stockholm's population is among the fastest growing among European cities, with a new report by the city's chamber of commerce suggesting that by 2030, the Swedish capital will overtake London as the fastest growing city in western Europe.

Published: 23 April 2013 07:42 CEST
'Stockholm to outpace London growth by 2030'

The report states that by 2030, Stockholm will be home to half a million more inhabitants than it is today. Currently, around 30,000 people are moving into Stockholm each year.

“It’s an incredibly strong development, even historically,” Maria Rankka, the CEO of Stockholm’s Chamber of Commerce (Handelskammaren), told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper (SvD).

“More and more economic activity in our economy is being focused on the big cities, and in Sweden this development is extra strong.”

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In the lead-up to 2030, the Chamber of Commerce predicted that Stockholm’s population would grow at a rate six times faster than Paris, and twice as fast as Copenhagen and Zurich.

When asked how she predicted life in Stockholm to be by the year 2030, Rankka was positive about the effects of the population hike.

“If you just take a look at the past five years, Stockholm has become more international, more dynamic, and more exciting. If you look ahead to 2030, we’ll have a proper big city, but life will still function effectively,” she told SvD.

Stockholm’s population has not been steadily on the climb, with the sixties seeing a drop in residents in the Swedish capital.

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Climate activists stage protests in Oslo as part of week-long demonstrations

Climate action group Extinction Rebellion blocked off several roads, streets and buildings in Oslo on Tuesday as part of a number of week-long protests in the Norwegian capital. 

Published: 24 August 2021 15:40 CEST
Climate activists stage protests in Oslo as part of week-long demonstrations
Extinction Rebellion protestors in Germany in 2019. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

On Tuesday, climate activism group Extinction Rebellion blocked off the intersection at Frederiks Gate Street and Karl Johans Gate Street by the palace in Oslo and protested outside the Ministry of Climate and Environment as part of a set of week-long demonstrations in the city. 

Around 100 demonstrators, some of who chained themselves together using plastic tubes, were at the intersection near the palace, and police set up roadblocks around the group before moving them on.

The demonstrations are part of what the group has called “non-violent disobedience” to protest the Norwegian government’s decision to continue drilling for oil. 

“We are protesting against the Norwegian government’s decision to drill for more and more oil. It exacerbates an already escalating climate crisis,” the group’s spokesperson told local news site Avisa Oslo. 

Despite its green ambitions of being climate neutral by 2030 and a “low carbon” society by 2050, the country is still one of the worlds largest exporters of oil and natural gas. 

In addition to this, the country will continue oil drilling, exploration, and production in the coming decades. This, the International Energy Agency, has previously said, is entirely at odds with the global goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. 

READ MORE: How will climate change impact Norway?

On Monday, 48 people were arrested following protests outside the Ministry of Petroleum and demonstrations in Majorstuen and Grünnerløkka. 

Oslo Police District has so far issued 33 fines of 13,000 kroner. In total, 429,000 korner of fines have been dished out so far. 

The group have said the fines activists pick up will be partially subsidised through fundraising, but members were ultimately responsible for their own fines. 

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