Do I dare to remove the door frame in the basement or could it be load-bearing?

[Staffan565]

The house is from the 40s. I've never had a door there.
What do you think? Should I remove the door frame? Or could it be load-bearing?

 

[PappasHammare]

A door frame in itself is not load-bearing. However, the wall above the door frame can be. So just remove it.

 

[Staffan565]

I understand. However, I also wanted to remove the wall above the frame to make the opening a bit bigger.
Please take a look at the picture, I took it from the other side this time.
Above the frame is brick.

 

[atomlab]

If the wall above the frame were load-bearing, a beam in steel or concrete would have been placed over the door opening so that the loads would go down beside the door. Now it's bricks, so I would feel safe removing the door and a few rows of bricks.

 

[Staffan565]

Thank you, then I'll go down and remove the skiten right away.

 

[Argastesnickaren]

It is possible that the frame is supporting the bricks so that they fall when you take it down, but that they would then support a cast arch is definitely out of the question

 

[Staffan565]

This is how it turned out.
It was just a few bricks that fled the gap between the frame and the ceiling.