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Landshövdingehus

Landshövdingehus (pl. landshövdingehus, roughly "Governor's house") is a building type unique to the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The history behind these buildings has its twists. 19th century city bylaws ruled that houses made of wood could be of maximum of two storeys high, in order to protect against fires. However, one building association tried to circumvent the rule and submitted drawings for a building with the ground storey built of brick and two upper storeys of wood. The city building council did not accept the application. However, the county government ruled in favour of the proposal and the name ”landshövdingehus” was coined — landshövding meaning county governor and hus house.

The very first building of this kind was built 1875 in the city district of Annedal. It was demolished in the redevelopment of the 1970s, but many other examples of these buildings remain today.