“If I get to choose between going to a bar or restaurant with friends or sitting around a campfire, I choose the campfire every time! I’m from a Swedish-speaking town called Pedersöre in Finland, but sometimes when you’re from a small town, you just want to get out in the world! So I went to Paris, Vancouver, and Stockholm and studied business and biology. I have spent most of my career in Stockholm working within tech and impact firms.

I started at Stegra in Stockholm in May and moved to Boden in July. It feels really good, with a new routine and a new way of living. I actually live in a cabin at a nearby ski area. It’s very cozy with a sauna and all my plants! I love it here – there’s a lot of hiking and skiing and nature, so many cabins in the forest and along the river where you can stay over and use the sauna or go for a swim.

Here in the north people are really open and so it’s easy to meet new people. In my life, I’ve always been the kind of person organizing and inviting other people to things, but here a lot of people are inviting me to things! And with all the new colleagues from different countries, people are so open. I just love it."