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This Swedish church is being moved before a mine swallows its town

The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — is being moved this week along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east as part ...

A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority ...
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Why a 113-year-old, wooden church in Sweden was rolled away

Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.

Wooden church sets off on slow Swedish road trip to escape mining subsidence

Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls ...

This Swedish church is moving 3 miles down the road. It's relocating before a mine swallows the town

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a 5-kilometer route east to a new city center in northern Sweden as ...

From Unstable Ground, an Old Church Rolls to a New Home

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has jeopardized the ground below a beloved church. Thanks to a feat of engineering, it is on the move.

Landmark 113-year-old Swedish church arrives at new home after two day-journey

Crowds have been gathering in Sweden's far north city of Kiruna to witness a landmark 113-year-old church being relocated in ...