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Previous tallest building in Scandinavia. Citygate: Gothenburg: 144 m (472 ft) 144 m (472 ft) 36 2022 [9] Tallest office building in Scandinavia Norra Tornen 1: Stockholm: 125 m (410 ft) 125 m (410 ft) 36: 2018 [10] Tallest building in Stockholm. Kista Science Tower: Stockholm: 124.00 m (407 ft) 156 m (512 ft) 30: 2003 [note 1] [note 2] Kista ...
This list of tallest buildings in Scandinavia ranks skyscrapers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on height to architectural top (i.e. heights measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the top of the building, including spires).
In 16th-century Sweden, which at that time included Finland, a torp was the term for the smallest size of the farm, paying a quarter of a "full" farm's taxes. When that classification became obsolete, a torp became a leased farm (with short lease times typically of one or two years), paid for with manual work on the owner's fields.
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.
Katedralskolan (Lund Cathedral School) founded in 1085, is the oldest school in Scandinavia. Today it is a high gymnasium with about 1,400 students studying in five different programmes. [38] Östervångskolan is a specialskola (special school) for deaf and hard of hearing students, providing education in Swedish and Swedish Sign Language.
The design for the stave churches most likely developed from ritual houses. But the inside was highly decorated with intricate designs. Most of these designs depict Jesus, a cross, or the disciples. One of the most popular stave churches as recognized by UNESCO is the Urnes Stave Church, located in Sognefjord, Norway, which is still in use today.
Schweizerhaus in Klein Glienicke near Berlin, designed by Ferdinand von Arnim, 1867. Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe.
One of the most important exponents of postmodernism in Sweden was the British-born Ralph Erskine. Today, architecture in Sweden is being defined by such architects as Gert Wingårdh , who started as a postmodernist , but is known to pick up new trends (the works show influences from ecological design as well as Minimalism , High-tech ...