landshövdingehus

Swedish

ett landshövdingehus

A simplified drawing.

Etymology

Compound of landshövding (“county governor”) +‎ -e- +‎ hus (“house”), where landshövding serves as a metonym for the county administrative board as a whole. The name originates from the board overruling the city building council, which had previously denied an application to construct a building of this type, as wooden buildings taller than two storeys were prohibited by the fire safety bylaw. First attested in 1893.

Noun

landshövdingehus c

1. (architecture) A style of multiresidential building characterised by a stone ground floor and up to two upper floors constructed of wood (often originally intended for the working class).

Declension

Declension of landshövdingehus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	landshövdingehus	landshövdingehus
	definite	landshövdingehuset	landshövdingehusets
plural	indefinite	landshövdingehus	landshövdingehus
	definite	landshövdingehusen	landshövdingehusens

References

• landshövdingehus in Svensk ordbok (SO)