Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Perspektiv och lokala effekter av grön industrialisering i Norrland En fallstudie om Bodens kommun och etableringen av Stegra

Malmgren, Oscar LU (2026) SGEK03 20252
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
Northern Sweden is in the middle of a fundamental industrial reinvigoration. The push for climate neutrality has made the region particularly attractive to sustainable alternatives to the fossil fueled industries of the past. The thesis has investigated Boden county, where the company Stegra, formerly known as H2 Green Steel is aiming to build the world's first fossil free steel manufacturing plant and hydrogen production facility. The aim is to conclude if this development can benefit the entire region's resilience. A mixture of process tracing and document analysis were utilised to perceive the development in the region over several years. The transformative resilience theory by Michaela Trippl was the essay's main framework, but was... (More)
Northern Sweden is in the middle of a fundamental industrial reinvigoration. The push for climate neutrality has made the region particularly attractive to sustainable alternatives to the fossil fueled industries of the past. The thesis has investigated Boden county, where the company Stegra, formerly known as H2 Green Steel is aiming to build the world's first fossil free steel manufacturing plant and hydrogen production facility. The aim is to conclude if this development can benefit the entire region's resilience. A mixture of process tracing and document analysis were utilised to perceive the development in the region over several years. The transformative resilience theory by Michaela Trippl was the essay's main framework, but was supported by other concepts such as industrial path development, path dependence and peripheralization. The analysis showed many processes, challenges and opportunities that Boden and Stegra faced during its development. The project will probably not alleviate the challenges faced by Boden county and is a risky financial development, both in relation to the environment, socially and economically. In conclusion, the development in Boden is risky, especially since the entire project has put the county in deep debt. Stegra might alleviate some environmental concerns and is a great investment in the larger green transition, but the project might put Boden in a nefarious place with no way out. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Malmgren, Oscar LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20252
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Regional motståndskraft, transformativ motståndskraft, industrial path development, path dependence, Bodens kommun, Stegra
language
Swedish
id
9219007
date added to LUP
2026-01-28 09:07:54
date last changed
2026-01-28 09:07:54
@misc{9219007,
  abstract     = {{Northern Sweden is in the middle of a fundamental industrial reinvigoration. The push for climate neutrality has made the region particularly attractive to sustainable alternatives to the fossil fueled industries of the past. The thesis has investigated Boden county, where the company Stegra, formerly known as H2 Green Steel is aiming to build the world's first fossil free steel manufacturing plant and hydrogen production facility. The aim is to conclude if this development can benefit the entire region's resilience. A mixture of process tracing and document analysis were utilised to perceive the development in the region over several years. The transformative resilience theory by Michaela Trippl was the essay's main framework, but was supported by other concepts such as industrial path development, path dependence and peripheralization. The analysis showed many processes, challenges and opportunities that Boden and Stegra faced during its development. The project will probably not alleviate the challenges faced by Boden county and is a risky financial development, both in relation to the environment, socially and economically. In conclusion, the development in Boden is risky, especially since the entire project has put the county in deep debt. Stegra might alleviate some environmental concerns and is a great investment in the larger green transition, but the project might put Boden in a nefarious place with no way out.}},
  author       = {{Malmgren, Oscar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Perspektiv och lokala effekter av grön industrialisering i Norrland En fallstudie om Bodens kommun och etableringen av Stegra}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}