In rural areas sod roofs were almost universal until the beginning of the 18th century.
Houses with grass roofs in norway.
Turf roofs in norway are a tradition and you will see them everywhere.
For hundreds of years houses in norway have been covered with turf.
Tile roofs which appeared much earlier in towns and on rural manors gradually superseded sod roofs except in remote inland areas during the 19th century.
Norwegian grass roof homes.
A number of turf roofs have flowers mixed in with the grass and a few have small trees.
House with grass roofs in norway.
And they come in different varieties.
Others are golden and look like they re growing wheat or oats.
Norwegian grass roofs the norwegian translation is torvtak which means turf roof.
Roofs in scandinavia have probably been covered with birch bark and sod since prehistory.
Norwegian houses in national style lake norwegian hut with green grass on the roof.
During the viking and middle ages most houses had sod roofs.
Green roofs have become a long standing tradition in norway and it s not common to see them dotting the country s landscape or in this case essentially melding with the landscape.
Some are bright green and almost velvety.