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  2. Architecture of Norway - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Norway has evolved in response to changing economic conditions, technological advances, demographic fluctuations and cultural shifts. While outside architectural influences are apparent in much of Norwegian architecture, they have often been adapted to meet Norwegian climatic conditions, including: harsh winters, high winds and, in coastal areas, salt spray.

  3. Medieval Scandinavian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Borgund stave church, in Borgund, Lærdal, Norway, built in the 12th century. The major aspects of Medieval Scandinavian architecture are boathouses, religious buildings (before and after Christians arrived in the area), and general buildings (both in cities and outside of them).

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Royal Domain of Drottningholm: Stockholm: 1991 559; iv (cultural) The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family, located on the island of Lovön in Lake Mälaren in a suburb of Stockholm.

  5. Log house - Wikipedia

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    A 17th-century log farmhouse in Heidal, Norway 17th-century log buildings in Heidal, Norway; the corner house is a horse stable and log barn A log house in Pargas, Finland A log building, known as Blockbau, in Bavaria, Germany A Russian-style log house An American-style log house A milled log house

  6. Icelandic turf house - Wikipedia

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    Turf house with a wooden gafli in Iceland.. Icelandic architecture changed in many ways in more than 1,000 years after the turf houses were being constructed. The first evolutionary step happened in the 14th century, when the Viking-style longhouses were gradually abandoned and replaced with many small and specialized interconnected buildings.

  7. List of house styles - Wikipedia

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  8. Architecture of Iceland - Wikipedia

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    The exterior turf walls were lined internally with a wooden frame, which was then paneled, with the roof resting on two rows of pillars dividing the internal space. The main room of the house was known as the skáli , consisting of a central open hearth and two raised platforms, known as set .

  9. Sod roof - Wikipedia

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    A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it was the most common roof on rural log houses in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia.

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