Swedish architecture

Thirteen chapters on building in Sweden, from the halls of chieftains and the first stone churches to the timber buildings of Skellefteå. The eras follow Swedish history, because styles often arrived late and took on a form of their own – in brick, render and timber.

• The Iron Age and the Viking Age
• The Middle Ages
• The Vasa era
• The age of greatness
• The Age of Liberty
• The Gustavian era
• The Karl Johan era
• The railway and the masonry city
• National Romanticism and Art Nouveau
• Swedish Grace
• Functionalism
• The record years
• The present day
• Work begins on Lund Cathedral
• The churches of Gotland
• The Visby city wall
• Uppsala Cathedral is consecrated
• Gustav Vasa builds castles
• The House of Nobility is completed
• Tre Kronor burns
• Gustav III builds at Haga
• Rosendal Palace
• The stone town takes shape
• The landshövding houses
• Stockholm City Hall is inaugurated
• The Stockholm Exhibition
• Vällingby is inaugurated
• The Hötorget buildings
• The Million Programme
• Hammarby Sjöstad
• Turning Torso
• Sara Cultural Centre
• Kiruna Church is moved