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Engineers are relocating an historic church in Kiruna, Sweden, to make way for the expansion of an iron ore mine.

People gather to watch the moving of the wooden Kiruna Church.

Peope gather to watch the moving of the wooden Kiruna Church, in Kiruna, Sweden [Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP]

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Vicar Lena Tjarnberg, left, and Bishop Asa Nystrom bless the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish. [Malin Haarala/AP Photo]

People gather to witness the Vicar of the church of Kiruna, Lena Tjarnberg, along with the bishop of the diocese of Lulea, Asa Nystrom, bless the historic wooden church, before it is moved to a new site. [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters]

People take pictures as Kiruna's old wooden church is moved. [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters]

Workers stand near Kiruna's historic wooden church, as the building sits on a relocation rig. [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters]

Peope gather to watch the moving of the wooden Kiruna Church. [Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP]

Kiruna's old wooden church begins the two-day relocation trip to the new site. [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters]

For many of the region’s Indigenous Sami community, the move is a reminder of much wider changes brought on by the expansion of mining. [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters]