KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf shares the first cup of church coffee with Lotta Finstorp, Governor of Norrbotten County, and Jan Moström, CEO of LKAB, following a tent service marking the relocation of Kiruna Church, which is being moved five kilometers to the new city center in Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080"

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA CHURCH RELOCATION

Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf attends the relocation of Kiruna Church to its new site in the town center of Kiruna, Sweden, on August 20, 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

Sweden: Historic Kiruna Church Moved Amid Mining Subsidence Threat

Sweden’s landmark, a historic 113-year-old Kiruna Church, began a slow-motion journey to a new location, as the town faces a threat of ground subsidence from years of iron ore mining at Europe's biggest underground mine.

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA, SWEDEN 20250819On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church, is being moved at a speed of half a kilometer per hour. The church's new position will be at the new Kiruna center due to the expansion of the iron ore mining. Kiruna, Sweden 18 August 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA, SWEDEN 20250819On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church, is being moved at a speed of half a kilometer per hour. The church's new position will be at the new Kiruna center due to the expansion of the iron ore mining. Kiruna, Sweden 18 August 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA, SWEDEN 20250819On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church, is being moved at a speed of half a kilometer per hour. The church's new position will be at the new Kiruna center due to the expansion of the iron ore mining. Kiruna, Sweden 18 August 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA, SWEDEN 20250819On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church, is being moved at a speed of half a kilometer per hour. The church's new position will be at the new Kiruna center due to the expansion of the iron ore mining. Kiruna, Sweden 18 August 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

SWEDEN CHURCH RELOCATION

KIRUNA, SWEDEN 20250819On a specially designed trolley with 224 wheels, Kiruna Church, is being moved at a speed of half a kilometer per hour. The church's new position will be at the new Kiruna center due to the expansion of the iron ore mining. Kiruna, Sweden 18 August 2025.Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT / Code 10080