landshövdingehus

Swedish

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

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