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Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden

119 points · 94 comments · davidja

  1. sorenjan · · focus · HN ↗
    I don't know exactly where the land is, but according to media it's south of Storsjö kapell [0]. There's plenty of fell there, and he can't just build whatever he wants even if he owns the land. When a billionaire says he spent $22 million to by it for recreation, I don't see a big reason to not believe him, there's not much else he can use it for.

    It's not far from Funäsdalen which is a relatively popular ski resort [1], there are also hiking trails and similar [2].

    The seller SCA is Europe's biggest private forest owner and owns 2.7 million hectares by the way.

    [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;hQp2Rw9tM6kWTuTdA" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;hQp2Rw9tM6kWTuTdA

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;winter&#x2F;skiing&#x2F;cross-country-skiing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;winter&#x2F;skiing&#x2F;cross-country-skiing&#x2F;

    [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;summer&#x2F;hiking&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;summer&#x2F;hiking&#x2F;

    1. thenayr · · focus · HN ↗

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