Vernacular architecture in Norway

<h2 id="early-origins">Early origins</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Archeology/K3Q5P38R">Archeological</a> evidence in <a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR">Norway</a> indicates that <a href="/facts/Nordic_Bronze_Age/x3e8bnrB">Nordic Bronze Age</a> and <a href="/facts/Iron_Age/mpQYShI0">Iron Age</a> settlements were commonly large, communal, and multipurpose buildings. These buildings were not particularly durable; they were supported by posts in the ground that rotted in the course of a few decades. Roofs were thatched or covered with birch bark and turf, and walls were built of turf, palisades or <a href="/facts/Wattle_and_daub/GnjMKHg1">Wattle and daub</a>.
</p><p>Over time, the buildings became more elaborate, notably with internal pillars and increasingly sophisticated structural practices. Large farms took the form of small communities, with several buildings, including a hall of assembly. These houses eventually could be as much as 90 meters long and 7 meters wide. These had central open hearths with vents in the roof above.
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<h2 id="stave-palisade-and-log-building">Stave, palisade, and log building</h2>

<p>The method of wood stave construction evolved over several hundred years in Norway,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> reaching their apex with the <a href="/facts/Stave_church/x3kDShcE">stave churches</a> in the 13th century in Norway and into the 14th century in Iceland.
</p><p>Stave construction lent itself well to building the earlier large, multipurpose houses.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://norskfolkemuseum.no/">The Norwegian Folk Museum in Oslo</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Vernacular Architecture In Norway". www.ukessays.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06. <a href="https://www.ukessays.com/essays/cultural-studies/learn-from-vernacular-architecture-in-norway-cultural-studies-essay.php" target="_blank">https://www.ukessays.com/essays/cultural-studies/learn-from-vernacular-architecture-in-norway-cultural-studies-essay.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Nair, Devika (2021-10-27). "Past, Present and Future: Architecture of Norway". RTF | Rethinking The Future. Retrieved 2024-06-06. <a href="https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/city-and-architecture/a5697-past-present-and-future-architecture-of-norway/" target="_blank">https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/city-and-architecture/a5697-past-present-and-future-architecture-of-norway/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Vernacular architecture in Norway