A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings has arrived at its new home after travelling for two days at snail's pace across the city.
With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings began to move on Tuesday from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna to make way for a mine expansion. Watch the process in real time on Sweden's public broadcaster SVT.
A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna next week as part of a campaign to expand Europe's biggest underground mine.
Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB has committed to investing hundreds of billions of kronor to go carbon-neutral by 2045, described as potentially the largest industrial investment ever in the Nordic country.
Work remained suspended at one of the world's largest iron ore mines on Tuesday morning as 300 workers descended to survey the scope of the damage after a record-breaking earthquake hit northern Sweden.
Kiruna, Sweden's most northerly town, is being relocated eastwards building by building in order to ensure its survival. But when you move an entire town, what happens to the remains of its dead?
Six Swiss nationals were killed in a road accident in Sweden's far north when the minibus they were in collided with a truck, Swedish police and Swiss officials said on Sunday.
Most of Sweden is currently grappling with below zero temperatures and bracing for strong winds, but in the north of the country there's reason to celebrate with the sun appearing above the horizon this week for the first time in 2019.
A German couple on a tour of Arctic Sweden had to be rescued on Monday after driving their hire car down a cross-country ski track they mistook for a road.
As many as 70 tourists have been stranded in Arctic Lapland in temperatures below -30C, after Sweden’s national train company SJ cancelled a string of trains due to excess cold.
The summer may be warming up for most of us in Europe, but for residents of northern Swedish town Kiruna, winter made a dramatic late return on Thursday.
What happens when an entire town is knocked down and relocated? In Kiruna, Sweden's most northerly town, a 'memory park' has been created from the rubble as a monument to residents' feelings of loss.
Sweden's most northerly town Kiruna is being moved 3km east to protect it from mining damage. As the first of thousands of homes started getting demolished on Wednesday, The Local spoke to some of its residents.
An ice hockey club in northern Sweden, which plays in the rainbow colours to support LGBT rights, has won several new backers after former sponsors pulled out following the shirt change.
Not everyone in the mining town of Kiruna is happy that the town is being shifted three kilometres down the road. The Local catches up with residents of Sweden's northernmost town to find out more.
