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Swedish log house (before 1900)
Traditional timmerhus: uninsulated log wall with interior boards, tarred building paper and board-and-batten cladding.
Swedish plank frame house (1900–1930)
Turn-of-the-century house (sekelskifte): vertical plank frame wrapped in building paper on both sides, with standing wood panel outside.
Swedish functionalist house (1930–1945)
Funkis house: timber frame insulated with wood shavings, soft fibreboard inside and asphalt-impregnated board outside.
Swedish folkhem villa (1945–1960)
Post-war småhus: timber frame with early mineral wool, hardboard inside, asphalt paper as vapour retarder and wood panel outside.
Swedish aerated concrete house (1955–1975)
Single-leaf wall of autoclaved aerated concrete (lättbetong, Siporex/Ytong) with plaster inside and mineral render outside.
Swedish record-years brick villa (1965–1975)
Rekordåren småhus with tegelfasad: plasterboard, PE foil and mineral-wool insulated timber frame behind a brick veneer.
Swedish energy-crisis house (1975–1990)
SBN 75/80 house built after the oil crisis: 145 mm timber frame plus horizontal outer studs, PE foil and wind barrier board.
Swedish 1970s house, insulated outside
Common retrofit (tilläggsisolering): a 1970s timber frame wall with an extra 70 mm of mineral wool and new wind barrier and panel outside.
Modern Swedish house (BBR)
Current timber frame wall (regelvägg) with the vapour barrier protected behind an insulated service layer.
Swedish low-energy eco house
Diffusion-open passive-house style wall: cellulose between I-joists, smart vapour retarder and wood fibre board as wind barrier.
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