During one of his many trips around Europe to observe the state of contemporary architecture, Sigfried Giedion went to Stockholm in 1930. On returning to Zurich, he published two extensive pa-pers about the city and the Stockholm Exhibition. The goal here is to analyse Giedion’s views on how Swedes tackled the housing issue, especially Sven Markelius, Eskil Sundhal and Sven Wallander, whom the Swiss historian recognised as being the first to address the issue of “minimum dwelling”