One of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches is to be moved some 3 miles down the road to avoid being swallowed up by a mine.

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

The relocation of the Kiruna church in Sweden has begun, just one stage in a massive project that will move thousands of people.

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority ...

Completed in 1912, the Kiruna Church has previously been named Sweden’s most beautiful building. Today, it’s part of a ...

The historic Kiruna Church in Kiruna, Sweden is being moved 5 km up the road due to the expansion of an iron ore mine.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf speaks to media next to the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called ...

After two days and 5 kilometers, Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church arrived at its new location in Kiruna’s brand new city ...

The mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at ...

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 red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings resumed its slow move across the Arctic town ...

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