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

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

Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

Crowds have been gathering in Sweden's far north city of Kiruna to witness a landmark 113-year-old church being relocated in its entirety. The vast red timber structure, which has been hoisted on specially designed trailers, is being moved at a maximum speed of 500m an hour in a 5km (3 mile) journey, expected to take two days.

A church in Sweden has been lifted off the ground like a tree and moved to a new location to save it from the threats posed by iron ore mining activities.

Relocation of 672-tonne landmark Kiruna Kyrka to make way for mine expansion has even become a television show

The red timber building of Kiruna Church has dominated the skyline of the Swedish city for 113 years – now it has a new home.