It is being moved, with the entire Arctic town of Kiruna, to escape subsidence from an iron-ore mine. Built in 1912, the church has been voted one of the country’s best-loved buildings. Its 3400 buildings — their upkeep supported by the State — were “often located in places where fewer people live and are less and less in demand as places of worship”, he wrote. The House of Good reports published by the National Churches Trust, on the “social value” of church buildings, are an example of the alacrity with which such demands receive a response. “It is with great reverence that we have undertaken this project,” the manager of the Kiruna church move told The Daily Telegraph.
