Although absurd to outsiders, the process of moving houses (husflyttningar) in northern Sweden is quite common. A husflyttning will always draw a crowd of spectators and perhaps get a photograph in the local newspaper, but what is most remarkable about the act of moving a house is how unremarkable it is. Understanding house movements, whether for economic or cultural purposes, and whether piecemeal or wholesale, gives us an opportunity to understand some of the fundamental intellectual questions about our built environment.