See Pictures About What Life Is Like for Refugees Above the Arctic Circle
Published 31 Oct 2017, 14:11 GMT, Updated 16 Nov 2017, 13:46 GMT
Abdullah Hammadi, 15, came from Salahhidin province in Iraq.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicAdila Mohsini and her kids (from left) Zahra Rizai, Jaafar Rizai, and Adis Rizai, came from Afghanistan to Riksgränsen. The Swedish Migration Agency estimates around 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan arrived in Sweden in 2015.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicSweden has a growing population of Eritreans. Segan Johannes, 13, is one of many Eritreans who fled oppression at home.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicJean Paul "JP" Pozzi, manager of Riksgränsen, here with his partner Kristiina Lampinen who also works at Riksgränsen, says that everything happened so fast in the autumn when the hotel decided to accept 600 refugees.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicIshaq Alrawi came from Fallujah, Iraq, via Turkey one month ago with her mother Nuha, pictured here, and her father.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicHamza Flayyih from Baghdad used to play soccer all the time, he says, but he can’t play outside. "I’m waiting for the summer to arrive and that I will be transferred to somewhere with a soccer field where I can play."
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicMohammed Ashamed from Syria came to Riksgränsen from Aleppo with his daughter, Amil.
Photograph by Photographby Axel Oberg, National GeographicRoya Hosseini, 14, fled with her family to Sweden. Most of the refugees hope to make it to Europe and have their families immigrate afterward.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicTen-year-old Marwan Ayab from Damascus, Syria, plays in the snow.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National GeographicSaker Hossein Nabavi and his wife Sakine and baby came from Afghanistan where Saker used to be the coach for the Afghani boxing team. He now holds boxing classes in the gym a couple of times a week.
Photograph by Axel Öberg, National Geographic