US EditionSweden Moves Kiruna's 1912 Wooden Church to New Site in Two-Day Operation
- Kiruna Church, a 672-ton, 113-year-old wooden building in northern Sweden, began a rare two-day move to a new town center in August 2025.
- The relocation responds to ground fissures from expanding iron ore mining beneath Kiruna, forcing a wider multi-decade project to shift much of the town since 2004.
- The church was carefully lifted onto remote-controlled trailers that travel slowly along a specially widened 24-meter road cleared of obstructions for the 5-km journey.
- Project manager Stefan Holmblad Johansson said, "This is a very special task for me," adding, "We don't have a margin of error" but confirmed "everything is under control."
- The move preserves a beloved landmark voted Sweden's best pre-1950 building and enables the mine operator LKAB to continue extracting ore while reshaping Kiruna for future decades.
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The move is part of a plan to move an entire town in the face of the risk posed by the expansion of the largest underground mine in Europe
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The historic building is located above mining galleries – A complex operation that will be completed in two days
A red wooden church in Kiruna, Sweden, built in 1912, has been lifted by trucks and is on its way to its new location. The five-kilometer journey, which will be completed at a maximum speed of 500 meters per hour, is expected to take two days.
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The Swedish town of Kiruna is in the way of a mine. Therefore, the city moves: While many houses are demolished and rebuilt, a 100-year-old church is replaced with an elaborate construction.
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