Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway

Most of the buildings at the Straumen Farm in Tromsø Municipality, Norway have sod rooves. These rooves have a layer of birch bark which is covered with sod. In this image you can see the birch bark at the bottom of the sod. The sod is alive with moss, lichen, grasses and other plants growing on it....

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Main Author: Campbell, Sandy
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Norwegian
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/ee757bbb-eed6-4c08-8ceb-b47a32f666c8
https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-yvtt-rk55
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description Most of the buildings at the Straumen Farm in Tromsø Municipality, Norway have sod rooves. These rooves have a layer of birch bark which is covered with sod. In this image you can see the birch bark at the bottom of the sod. The sod is alive with moss, lichen, grasses and other plants growing on it. Rooves built in this way can last 50 - 70 years.
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spelling ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:ee757bbb-eed6-4c08-8ceb-b47a32f666c8 2025-05-18T13:58:53+00:00 Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway Campbell, Sandy 2024-06-12 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/ee757bbb-eed6-4c08-8ceb-b47a32f666c8 https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-yvtt-rk55 No linguistic content unknown nor http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Straumen Farm Norway Sod Roof Construction - Arctic Regions Traditional Roofing Materials - Northern Norway Birch Bark Image 2024 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-yvtt-rk55 2025-04-28T14:33:56Z Most of the buildings at the Straumen Farm in Tromsø Municipality, Norway have sod rooves. These rooves have a layer of birch bark which is covered with sod. In this image you can see the birch bark at the bottom of the sod. The sod is alive with moss, lichen, grasses and other plants growing on it. Rooves built in this way can last 50 - 70 years. Still Image Arctic Northern Norway Tromsø University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Arctic Norway Tromsø
spellingShingle Straumen Farm
Norway
Sod Roof Construction - Arctic Regions
Traditional Roofing Materials - Northern Norway
Birch Bark
Campbell, Sandy
Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title_full Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title_fullStr Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title_full_unstemmed Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title_short Detail of Sod Roof at Straumen Farm, Northern Norway
title_sort detail of sod roof at straumen farm, northern norway
topic Straumen Farm
Norway
Sod Roof Construction - Arctic Regions
Traditional Roofing Materials - Northern Norway
Birch Bark
topic_facet Straumen Farm
Norway
Sod Roof Construction - Arctic Regions
Traditional Roofing Materials - Northern Norway
Birch Bark
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