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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1913 
Fireplaces are located in corners, an iron 
support serving the purpose of a crane 
1 he architect has provided for furniture that is produced by local craftsmen. The elaboration 
in detail would be very expensive here, but a simplified type could easily serve as a substitute 
wide angle, was still covered with turf, 
as is now again often used. 
In spite of the simplicity of these 
■early timbered houses, of, say, five hun¬ 
dred years ago, they were endowed 
with a bearing and harmony in proportion which is bound to call 
forth admiration even in our blase and fastidious age; and the 
"workmanship, from a mere technical as also from a more decora¬ 
tive point of view, may still, and does, serve as a pattern for 
modern log cabin builders. 
To show how history repeats itself in this conection also, 
suffice it to say that the King and Queen of Norway’s new forest 
A corner of the living-room serves as a dining-room, 
feature that is a survival from the earliest buildings. 
home (a gift from the nation) is a log cabin. It is on a large 
scale, certainly, but the constructive principles are the same. 
Log cabins, humble as well as elaborate, are being built by the 
man of slender means and by the wealthy nobleman, for summer 
or winter homes, or all year residences, for week-end outings or 
temporary quarters for big game shooting. 
It is more especially in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that 
what may be called the modern, or in 
any case the modernized log cabin, is 
to be seen to its greatest advantage, and 
I think I may claim for the houses 
selected to demonstrate this, that they 
are among the best, if not the best, 
which have so far been erected. They 
are also the work of distinguished 
architects who with true artistic interest 
have embraced the task entrusted to 
them and who on the whole may be 
said to have luckily grasped the spirit 
of bygone days. 
A log cabin possessed of unusual 
interest is the one designed by the 
Swedish architect, Ivar Tengbom, 
for Count Eric von Rosen, a mem¬ 
ber of one of Sweden’s leading noble 
families and, though still a young 
man, a famous explorer and big 
game hunter who has visited most 
parts of the world, his last expedition 
being to unknown regions of Central 
Africa. The cabin, exterior, equipment 
and plans of which the illustrations 
demonstrate the more important points, 
boasts a picturesque location at one of 
Sodermanland’s charming lakes, in a 
country rich in game. Under the super¬ 
vision of the architect the cabin was 
The bench along the wall is a traditional 
The interior trim is left in a natural state 
