Kiruna, Sweden, Aug 19, 2025 (AFP) - Historic Swedish church to relocate on trailers in logistical feat

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2025-08-19

With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved Tuesday from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna to allow the expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine. Kiruna Kyrka, a Swedish Lutheran church, dates from 1912, but the 672-tonne building will be moved five kilometres (three miles) on remote-controlled flatbed trailers on Tuesday and Wednesday, inching along at a p......

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