Landshövdingehus () is a building type unique to the Swedish city of Gothenburg. 19th century city bylaws ruled that houses made of wood could be of maximum of two storeys high, in order to protect against fires. However, one building association tried to circumvent the rule and submitted drawings for a building with the ground storey built of brick and two upper storeys of wood. The city building council did not accept the application, but the county government overruled them and the "landshövdingehus"—"governor house"—was born.