Construction signs are placed outside the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, a day before it will be moved along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town’s relocation. (AP Photo/Malin Haarala)

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a 5-kilometer route east to a new city center in northern Sweden as part of the town’s relocation

An entire Swedish church is set to be relocated to save it from being damaged by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region’s minorit

A landmark Swedish church in the Arctic arrived Wednesday at its new home after a two-day move across the town of Kiruna to allow Europe's biggest underground mine to expand.

A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings resumed its slow move across the Arctic town of Kiruna on Wednesday, inching toward its new home to