Norwegian Farmhouses

 

Map of Norway

New Opera House

Folk museum at Oslo

Vagamo

New development at Oslo

Introduction

The extreme climate of sub-arctic Norway is an ideal study site for cold and moist climate zones. Living and surviving in this extreme environment, the local population has developed sophisticated climatic architecture that is more explicitly responsive to the environment than in more temperate climate zones. The subject farmhouses are located in the southern center of Norway in the Oppland County area, including the towns of Vagamo and Lom. They are located in the foothills of the 6,000 foot high Jotunheimen National Park. Sod-roofed structures, both new and old are plentiful in this area, with this ancient technology still currently in use and actually experiencing a renaissance as Norwegian citizens are becoming more concerned about global warming. Some farmhouses have been relocated and are well preserved at museums at Lom District Museum in Presthaugen, Maihaugen in Lillehammer and the Norsk Folkemuseum at Oslo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Kotaro Nakamura, 2009