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Jonas Premfors has received an advance fee of 16,625,000 kronor after being appointed as bankruptcy trustee for Northvolt Ett Expansion, following the company's bankruptcy as part of the larger Northvolt crisis.Göran Millqvist has criticized this amount, while Titan Konstruktion and the municipality of Skellefteå face major losses due to Northvolt's collapse.
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