In Kiruna, Sweden, a huge 113-year-old Sami-style Lutheran church was just transported three miles (five kilometers) from its original site. Kiruna Church was relocated as part of a years-long project to move the town center away from unstable ground as a nearby iron-ore mine expands.

A landmark Swedish church arrived yesterday at its new home after a two-day move across the Arctic town of Kiruna, in a move to allow Europe’s

Watch live as an entire church in Sweden begins its move to its new home on Tuesday, 19 August. Kiruna Church is being relocated to save it from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

Engineers widened a major road from 30 to 79 feet and dismantled a viaduct before the church, which weighs 741 tons, was moved.

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.

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

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages — Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli – into worship services, carrying on an inclusive ethos that has been a cornerstone of the historic wooden church since its founding in 1912.

The historic Kiruna Church in Swedish Lapland, known for its multicultural inclusivity, has been relocated due to mining activities. Emphasizing minority languages such as Northern Sami alongside Swedish,