Ställbergs Gruva ^(SE)

Ställbergs Gruva aims to be a place where the big questions become personal – and the personal becomes part of the big questions. A place for learning, doubt, and the living. Collective and individual. Existential and political. A place where outer space and world markets lean in together with the soil and worms and roots, and the echoes of human voices in an old machine room. Ställbergs gruva is run by the business association The non existent Center, and is based in an abandoned iron ore mine in Ställberg. The activities at Ställbergs gruva take place in a probing agonism and agreement, and is based in an openness to all living things, history, and our common ground. These activities – whether they are a choir, a publication, or a conversation at the Nittälven shore – can be described as artistic social inquiry. These inquiries take their starting point in a curiosity to understand, and a will to find common ground in a large and unfathomable world, or in feelings of anger, powerlessness and concern. The group often works with common questions and methods, starting in the local surroundings with its economic, social and ecological conditions. Examples of questions are: what kind of knowledge do we need in a world where the climate is changing fast? How can we learn together? 

Owning the site is a long-term commitment with an installment plan until the year 2070 

This profile was last updated on 19 November 2025.