King Carl Gustaf attended the historic relocation of Kiruna Church, marking the event with a world record in church coffee. The move, part of a significant urban transformation, saw the king join the procession and participate in a record-breaking coffee event, surpassing the previous record with 3,187 cups served.
King Carl Gustaf Witnesses Historic Kiruna Church Move and Sets World Record
King Carl Gustaf Witnesses Historic Kiruna Church Move and Sets World Record
King Carl Gustaf was present to witness the historic relocation of Kiruna Church, which concluded on Wednesday. The king also participated in setting a world record for church coffee.
The unique move of Kiruna Church from the old town center to the city's new center received a royal visit on the second day of the journey.
King Carl Gustaf joined the moving convoy at twenty to eleven on Wednesday morning, accompanied by Norrbotten's Governor Lotta Finstorp. The trailer carrying the majestic church building was then on Lastvägen, in an industrial area in the southern part of the city.
"It's great that you can move the church that means so much," said the king to Stefan Holmblad Johansson, project manager at LKAB.
After lunch, the king attended a service with music in a church tent in the new center. Following this, a world record attempt in church coffee took place, where the king drank the first of the 3,000 cups to be consumed.
By Wednesday evening, it was confirmed that Kiruna had set a new world record.
"We broke the record by a wide margin," says Therese Lindroth, Chief of Staff at LKAB Community Development.
The previous world record for church coffee was held by Kalmar Diocese, where 2,620 cups of coffee were served in 2007. According to LKAB, 3,187 cups of coffee were consumed during the afternoon.
The king was also present when the convoy with the 672-ton building reached its final destination at around half-past two on Wednesday, after a two-day journey.