Norwegian Houses With Grass On The Roofs

And they come in different varieties.

Norwegian houses with grass on the roofs.

The load of approximately 250 kg per m of a sod roof is an advantage because it helps to compress. These roofs are 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. They look like hobbit homes or houses for fairies but scandinavian grass roofs are the real deal.

Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the. Some are bright green and almost velvety. 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. For hundreds of years houses in norway have been covered with turf.

Norwegian grass roofs the norwegian translation is torvtak which means turf roof. Houses with their roofs looking like small meadows may seem a little strange in these modern times but until the late 19th century turf roofs were the most common type of roofs in rural norway. The grass roofs of norway kaushik patowary sep 15 2010 38 comments norwegians have their own way of going green and quite literally.