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Kiruna Church Relocates to New City Center After Two-Day Move

Kiruna church has rolled into its new plot in the city's new center, after a two-day long journey. The finish is framed by a royal visit and a world record attempt.
Kiruna Church Relocates to New City Center After Two-Day Move

Kiruna Church Relocation: Dutch Firm Mammoet Oversees Move

Kiruna church is being moved in one piece, controlled by an operator from the Dutch company Mammoet. And it is not the first religious building that the company is relocating to a new location.
Kiruna Church Relocation: Dutch Firm Mammoet Oversees Move

Kiruna Church Reaches New Center Today in Unique Move

Today, Kiruna church is slowly but surely reaching its destination. The move has gone from the old city center to the new center – a unique two-day journey.
Kiruna Church Reaches New Center Today in Unique Move

Kiruna Church Relocation: Historic Move Begins with Royal Visit

After years of preparations, it's time for a move of colossal format. Kiruna church is being transported from the old city center to the new center.
Kiruna Church Relocation: Historic Move Begins with Royal Visit

LKAB Reports 1.1 Billion Kronor Operating Profit for Q2 2025

The state-owned mining company LKAB reports an operating result of 1. 1 billion kronor for the second quarter of 2025.
LKAB Reports 1.1 Billion Kronor Operating Profit for Q2 2025

Johan Menckel Named New CEO of LKAB from Latour

Johan Menckel becomes the new CEO of the state-owned mining company LKAB. Menckel comes most recently from the investment company Latour and leaves the company at the latest on April 1, 2026, according to a press release from Latour.
Johan Menckel Named New CEO of LKAB from Latour

Carola Häggkvist to Perform at Kiruna Church Relocation Celebration

Carola Häggkvist performs after the big church relocation in Kiruna on August 20. .
Carola Häggkvist to Perform at Kiruna Church Relocation Celebration

School Principals in Malmfälten Urge State Support for Education

Malmfälten needs targeted government measures to maintain the municipal core activities – particularly school and education, according to school principals in Kiruna and Gällivare municipalities. .
School Principals in Malmfälten Urge State Support for Education

Care Strike Looms with Potential Major Impact

A major strike in about 80 of the country's private elderly care homes and healthcare facilities is threatening. The effects will be large, warn the employers.
Care Strike Looms with Potential Major Impact

Stegra Learns from Northvolt's Mistakes for Green Steel Production

Northvolt's defeat lowers the mood for the green major investments in Norrland, but in Boden they are building at full speed. As early as next year, the billion investment Stegra is expected to start its green steel production.
Stegra Learns from Northvolt's Mistakes for Green Steel Production

The Mine: New Reality Series Explores Iron and Copper Mining in Sweden

TV3 and Viaplay have recently specialized in reality series in the workplace environment. The next big venture is "The Mine", which focuses on those who work with iron ore mining in Kiruna and Malmberget, as well as in the copper ore mine Aitik outside Gällivare.
The Mine: New Reality Series Explores Iron and Copper Mining in Sweden

Sweden's High Water Reservoirs Lower Electricity Prices

Sweden is literally bathing in electricity. The water reservoir levels are uniquely high, before the spring flood has even started.
Sweden's High Water Reservoirs Lower Electricity Prices

LKAB Reports Significant Quarterly Profit Growth

The state-owned mining giant LKAB made a quarterly profit of 3. 6 billion kronor.
LKAB Reports Significant Quarterly Profit Growth

LKAB Faces Investigation for Suspected Crime After Fatal Mine Accident

LKAB reported to the police by the Work Environment Authority for suspected work environment crime following a fatal accident. .
LKAB Faces Investigation for Suspected Crime After Fatal Mine Accident

Watch Live: Historic Relocation of Sweden's Most Beautiful Church

The relocation of Kiruna Church will take place on August 19 and 20 this summer – if the weather permits. LKAB describes the church relocation as "a globally unique event" that will be live-streamed on the web.
Watch Live: Historic Relocation of Sweden's Most Beautiful Church

Persson Warns of US Turning Away from Europe and Its Implications

It is very strange that a "loser" like President Putin gets to set the agenda, believes former Prime Minister Göran Persson (S). There is an American debate that I don't quite understand – that it's Nato's fault that it has turned out this way, says Persson about Russia's war in Ukraine.
Persson Warns of US Turning Away from Europe and Its Implications

Vandalism Strikes LKAB Again: 18 Rescue Chambers Sabotaged in Kiruna

Once again, LKAB in Kiruna has been subjected to vandalism, writes Svenska Dagbladet. The mining company has previously been subjected to vandalism, which has been investigated by Säpo, among other things.
Vandalism Strikes LKAB Again: 18 Rescue Chambers Sabotaged in Kiruna

Successful test project for storing hydrogen

The test project for storing fossil-free hydrogen in large rock caverns has been technically proven to work. The pilot project is now completed and reported to the Energy Agency, according to Vattenfall, which together with SSAB and LKAB is driving the so-called Hybrit project, which aims to produce fossil-free steel.
Successful test project for storing hydrogen

The Centre Party wants to attract rural voters with new policies

The Centre Party is introducing new policies to win back rural voters. Away from traditional agricultural policy to a focus on welfare.
The Centre Party wants to attract rural voters with new policies

SSAB sells operations

The listed steel company SSAB, which the Swedish state owns 16 percent of through LKAB, is planning to sell its operations in Virsbo in Surahammar municipality. The buyer is the US-based company Jennmar, according to a press release.
SSAB sells operations

Half a Billion for Repair of the Ore Railway

More than half a billion kronor was the cost of the Swedish Transport Administration's extensive repair of the Malmbanan railway in the Kiruna Mountains after a train derailment last winter, reports Ekot. .
Half a Billion for Repair of the Ore Railway

Alarms: Environmental Requirements Threaten Sweden's Green Metals

Sweden's large deposits of critical metals are an important piece of the puzzle in the EU's green transition – but today's regulatory framework threatens the extraction. Now, the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) is sounding the alarm to the government.
Alarms: Environmental Requirements Threaten Sweden's Green Metals

Setback for LKAB – new facility in Luleå

Lower deliveries, weak production, and falling market prices are hitting the state-owned mining company LKAB hard, according to an interim report. But they are still investing heavily in a new center and a processing plant in Luleå.
Setback for LKAB – new facility in Luleå

The Iron Slurper LKAB is Braking the Green Transition

It will be necessary to have significantly less electricity production in the north than previously calculated. This since the state-owned mining giant LKAB is putting the brakes on the transition to fossil-free iron ore in Kiruna.
The Iron Slurper LKAB is Braking the Green Transition
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