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Sweden Begins Two-Day Move of Kiruna’s 1912 Wooden Church

The slow transfer underscores a national strategy to rebuild the town to keep the iron ore mine operating.

Drohnenaufnahme der Verlegung der historischen Holzkirche von Kiruna.
Menschen betrachten die Kiruna-Kirche, eine schwedisch-lutherische Holzkirche im samischen Stil, die auf Schwedisch Kiruna Kyrka heißt, einen Tag bevor sie im Rahmen der Umsiedlung der Stadt auf einer 5 Kilometer langen Strecke nach Osten in ein neues Stadtzentrum verlegt wird.
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Overview

  • The 672-tonne, roughly 40-metre-wide church is being carried intact about five kilometers on remote-steered platform trailers at roughly 0.5–1 km/h.
  • Engineers placed the building on steel beams and two linked trailer lines with 56 axles and about 224 tires after roughly three years of planning and route work.
  • State miner LKAB is funding the relocation at about 500 million kronor, with completion targeted for Wednesday after two days on the road.
  • SVT is broadcasting the operation live as thousands watch in person, and King Carl XVI Gustaf is expected to visit on day two.
  • The move anchors a long-running shift of the town center away from ground destabilized by mine expansion, which Sámi representatives say threatens reindeer herding.