Last week, several authorities conducted a control of Stegra’s operations in Boden, where they found about 20 illegal migrants working. Prior to this, it was revealed that the company is receiving an additional contribution of almost 260 million SEK from the state. Despite taxpayers being forced to finance the operation, the basis for the million-dollar funding is kept secret.

It was on Wednesday that the Police Authority, the Swedish Work Environment Authority, and the Swedish Tax Agency conducted joint workplace inspections at the site where Stegra is building a new steel mill. During the operation, several different construction companies were inspected, and a total of over a hundred internal alien controls were carried out, resulting in the identification of 19 people who do not have the right to work and stay in the country.

At the same time, it was revealed that Stegra, formerly known as H2 Green Steel, will receive 259 million SEK in support from the Swedish Energy Agency in November.

Taxpayers are forced to watch as millions flow into the company without being informed about the basis, noted economist Christian Sandström, who has examined the flow of money.

Total censorship

Already this summer, the company submitted an application for the establishment of port infrastructure in Luleå, and the information provided by the Swedish Energy Agency reveals very little:

“The material the agency shares is more or less a total blackout. As usual,” writes Sandström.

As the company already relies on grants from the agency, it is with a change in previous decisions that they are requesting more money – here too, the documentation is kept in the dark, making it virtually impossible to discern anything.

However, it is evident that the company cites “significant employment, net exports, and industrial growth in northern Sweden” as reasons to receive more of taxpayers’ money.

Frankenstein’s monster

“And Stegra seems to be right. The project actually creates employment. For the police and the Economic Crime Authority. Would the EU consider these jobs as green jobs?” Sandström wonders.

At Stegra, they are keen to point out how little public funding has gone into the project while hoping that the heavily censored application will lead to additional millions.

“The green transition increasingly resembles Frankenstein’s monster,” summarizes Sandström the developments with the so-called green projects.

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