“…Counter-urban research conducted in a Swedish context has mainly focused on migration to areas perceived as truly rural, and has covered issues such as how out-migration from cities affects the rural population development (Westlund, 2002;Westlund and Pichler, 2013) and the countryside's labour markets and economic life (Bjerke and Mellander, 2016;Eliasson et al, 2015;Hjort and Malmberg, 2006;Lindgren, 2003). Other Swedish studies have focused on who the counter-urban movers are (Bjerke and Mellander, 2016;Hjort and Malmberg, 2006;Lindgren, 2003), on comparing movers from urban to rural areas with those moving in the other direction, and on preferences for migration to rural areas (Niedomysl and Amcoff, 2011). Hedberg and Haandrikman (2014) have studied the diversity of international migration to rural areas in Sweden.…”