Sweden’s Kiruna Church Is On Move
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This week, the historic church in Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost town, was slowly moved on wheels to a location five kilometres away. The two-day, live-streamed event — dubbed "The Great Church Move" — drew thousands of onlookers, and marks a major ...
But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages — Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli – into worship services, carrying on an inclusive ethos that has been a cornerstone of the historic wooden church since its founding in 1912.
Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.
Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.
Crowds have been gathering in Sweden's far north city of Kiruna to witness a landmark 113-year-old church being relocated in its entirety. The vast red timber structure, which has been hoisted on specially designed trailers, is being moved at a maximum speed of 500m an hour in a 5km (3 mile) journey, expected to take two days.
A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna next week as part of a campaign to expand Europe's biggest underground mine.
Thousands are expected to line the streets when the Swedish Lutheran Kiruna Kyrka is moved over two days next week