Scandinavian houses

Linda Dannin designed and hand-built her dream summerhouse using reclaimed materials collected over fifteen years.

From a base in the picturesque Norwegian fjord town of Alesund, Knut and Line Flakk, and their daughters Maria Lilly and Erika June, have developed an innovative, multi-strand business that encompasses all-weather clothing, renewable energy, hotels and adventure travel

Contemporary dance producer Lisa Samos shares her account of the off-grid cabin in Swedish Lapland that she and her husband, artist Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley, designed and had painstakingly built

Marie-Louise Sjögren’s historic house on the Stockholm archipelago was built as a summer retreat, but her family now enjoy the tranquil location in comfort all year round–especially at Christmas

For interior designer and furniture dealer Marie-Louise Sjögren, this glorious apartment in the Swedish capital is both a showcase of her beloved early 20th-century Scandinavian design and a comfortable family home

Bauhaus influences and blocks of rich colour elevate Michael Dansk's classic Copenhagen flat in the Nørrebro neighbourhood well beyond the norm

When Karl Erik Halldén and his young family moved to Sweden’s Öland, they inherited a wooden 1920s gem of a house, full of decorative potential

Sebastian Bergström's flat in Stockholm is both a joyful expression of his love of colour and pattern, and a demonstration of his remarkable efficiency with a small space

A modern apartment in the new Vesterbro district of Carlsberg City was a blank page to play with rhythm, colour and light

To extend his small 1800s Swedish farmhouse, designer Lars Bolander ingeniously joined it to a neighbouring barn, creating a light-filled sitting room and entrance hall in the transitional space.

Every day this week we will be publishing an exclusive extract from 'Near and Far', textile designer Lisa Fine's glorious new book which showcases her own houses and those of her friends and fellow creatives, shot by Miguel Flores-Vianna. Here, we take a look at a beautiful Rococo Swedish mansion outside Stockholm.

Cathy Nordström’s sommarstuga or summer cabin is a spacious and family-friendly getaway bursting with colour and pattern – with many of its fabrics designed by Cathy herself

In an extract from Gestalten's new book 'Cabin Fever', we explore a Norwegian boathouse-style cabin built in the local vernacular on the water's edge