Images | Mammoet completes two-day operation to move historic Swedish church

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

21 August 2025

Mammoet has completed the relocation of the 113-year-old Kiruna Church in Sweden (Image courtesy of Mammoet) Mammoet has completed the relocation of the 113-year-old Kiruna Church in Sweden (Image courtesy of Mammoet)

Mammoet has completed the relocation of the 113-year-old Kiruna Church, one of Sweden’s largest wooden structures and an architectural landmark.

Civil engineering company Veidekke and mining firm LKAB commissioned Mammoet to move the 713-tonne wooden church in one piece.

Mammoet said it put 1,000 hours of planning into the operation, which involved jacking the church up to a height of 1.3 metres and placing it on steel beams supported…

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