Editing Kiruna (section)

===Moving the town===
The re-development of Kiruna is a reconstruction project, as the Kirunavaara mine, run by [[LKAB]], undermines the existing town centre. Several buildings are to be moved or demolished. The town center is to be moved {{convert|3|km|sp=us}} to the east.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/oct/22/kiruna-sweden-town-moved-east-iron-ore-mine|title=Kiruna: the town being moved 3km east so it doesn't fall into a mine|newspaper= The Guardian|date=22 October 2014|access-date=29 October 2017}}</ref>

In 2004, it was decided that the present centre of the municipality would have to be relocated to counter mining-related [[subsidence]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Golling|first1=Daniel|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1155398269|title=Kiruna forever|last2=Mínguez Carrasco|first2=Carlos|publisher=ArkDes|year=2020|isbn=978-91-985112-5-3|location=Stockholm|oclc=1155398269}}</ref> The relocation was to be made gradually over the coming decade. On January 8, 2007, a new location was proposed, northwest to the foot of the [[Luossavaara]] mountain, by the lake of [[Luossajärvi]].<ref name="dn070108_move">{{cite news
 | author = TT
 | title = Klart med Kirunas flytt
 | url = https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/klart-med-kirunas-flytt/
 | work = Dagens Nyheter
 | date = 2007-01-08
 | access-date = 2015-10-24
 | language = sv
}}</ref>

The first actual work on moving the town was done in November 2007, when work on the new main sewage pipe started.<ref name="nsd071123_igång">{{cite news
 | last = Rosengren
 | first = Jessica
 | title = Kirunaflytten är igång
 | url = http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/kirunaflytten-ar-igang-3590360.aspx?ShowInfo=1&RestID=6527215
 | work = Norrländska Socialdemokraten
 | date = 2007-11-23
 | access-date = 2015-10-24
 | language = sv
}}</ref>

In the same week, the first sketches for the layout of the new part of the town became available.<ref name="nsd071123_skiss">{{cite news | last = Rosengren | first = Jessica | title = Nu finns det skiss över nya Kiruna | url = http://www.nsd.se/artikel.aspx?artid=76499&cat=1&pageIndex=0&arkiv=False | work = Norrländska Socialdemokraten | date = 2007-11-23 | access-date = 2007-11-25 | language = sv | archive-date = 2007-11-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071123204342/http://www.nsd.se/artikel.aspx?artid=76499&cat=1&pageIndex=0&arkiv=False | url-status = dead }}</ref> The sketches include a travel centre, the new locations for the city hall and the church, an artificial lake, and an extension of the Luossavaara hill into the city.<ref>[http://www.kommun.kiruna.se/upload/603/PP-SKISS%20F%C3%96R%20NV_071115_vriden_105.pdf Skissförslag nov.-07] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408235235/http://www.kommun.kiruna.se/upload/603/PP-SKISS%20F%C3%96R%20NV_071115_vriden_105.pdf |date=2008-04-08 }}</ref> The location of the new section of the [[European route E10|E10]] was still uncertain, as was the location of the [[malmbanan|railway]] and the railway station. A more official sketch was published early in spring 2008, which was then discussed with various interest groups before a further version was to be produced.

In June 2010, the municipal council decided that the town would be moved eastwards (to {{coord|67|51|1|N|20|18|2|E|display=inline|region:SE_type:landmark}}), in the direction of Tuolluvaara, instead of the proposed northwestern location.<ref>{{Cite news
  | title = Framtida placeringen av Kiruna klar
  | newspaper = [[Dagens Nyheter]]
  | language = sv
  | year = 2010
  | url = https://www.dn.se/
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110223185304/http://www.dn.se/
  | archive-date = February 23, 2011
  | access-date = January 8, 2007
  | url-status = bot: unknown
  }}</ref> The moving of the town was started in 2014, and the plan describes a process that continues to 2100.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kiruna.se/stadsomvandling/City-in-transformation/FAQ/|title=FAQ - Kiruna kommun|website=www.kiruna.se|access-date=2016-08-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918232304/http://www.kiruna.se/Stadsomvandling/City-in-transformation/FAQ/|archive-date=2016-09-18}}</ref> In the years 2012-2013, an international architectural competition concerning the vision, strategy, and design of a new city centre for a new Kiruna was arranged by the Municipality of Kiruna in partnership with the Swedish Association of Architects. White Arkitekter AB, based in [[Stockholm]], together with Ghilardi + Hellsten Arkitekter, based in [[Oslo]], Spacescape AB, Vectura Consulting AB, and Evidens BLW AB, won the competition with their masterplan and strategy for moving the city. The competition team was led by White Arkitekter AB, lead architect Mikael Stenqvist, SAR/MSA, in collaboration with Ghilardi + Hellsten Arkitekter, lead architect Ellen Hellsten.<ref>{{cite web|title=A New City Centre for Kiruna|date=March 2013|page=30|publisher=[[Kiruna Municipality]]|url=https://www.arkitekt.se/app/uploads/2014/06/T%C3%A4vlingar-2013-Ny-stadsk%C3%A4rna-i-Kiruna-Jury-Pronouncement.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205101011/https://www.arkitekt.se/app/uploads/2014/06/T%C3%A4vlingar-2013-Ny-stadsk%C3%A4rna-i-Kiruna-Jury-Pronouncement.pdf|archive-date=2024-02-05|access-date=2024-08-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> Together with researchers from Luleå and Delft universities, it envisages a denser city centre with a greater focus on sustainability, green and blue infrastructure, pedestrians, and public transport rather than automobiles.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26447507|title=Kiruna: How to move a town two miles east|newspaper=BBC News|date=6 March 2014|access-date=2014-03-06|last1=Kinder|first1=Tabby}}</ref> In 2018, the Swedish government announced that it would help arrange replacement work for radio corporation [[Radiotjänst i Kiruna|Radiotjänst]] after the city had been moved from its original location.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/gladjebesked-till-kiruna|title=Congratulations to Kiruna|newspaper=SVT Nyheter |date=30 May 2018|last1=Palomäki |first1=Teuvo }}</ref>

Starting in 2013, Danish explorer and photographer Klaus Thymann began a long-term project documenting the resettlement of the town. Using GPS-tagged imagery, he has returned multiple times since, replicating precise locations to show the changing landscape.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-swedish-town-collapsing-into-a-crack-kiruna/|title=The Swedish Town Being Swallowed by the Earth|magazine=VICE |date=24 February 2014|last1=Kotsoni |first1=E.}}</ref> In 2017 Thymann returned again to Kiruna to document the redevelopment of the town for Bloomberg Businessweek.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-05/the-audacious-complicated-plan-to-move-a-swedish-mining-town|title=The Complicated Audacious Plan to Move a Swedish Mining Town|newspaper=Businessweek |date=5 September 2017|last1=Dean |first1=J.}}</ref>

{{Panorama
|image   = File:Kiruna_panorama.jpg
|height  = 350
|alt     = Panoramic view of Kiruna and the iron ore mine
|caption = Kiruna city panorama, taken from Luossavaara, 2014
}}