Is the chimney load-bearing?

[Deco Josephson]

Here are some pictures. The wall is framed with 45x45 studs. I have torn a little to take a look.

 

[TommyC]

I'm stumped on that one. Such a wall can be load-bearing but doesn't have to be.

In this thread, they concluded that it was not possible to answer the question without construction drawings and that in the case of a load-bearing wall, a structural engineer must be hired to dimension what will replace the wall.
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/aer-vaeggen-baerande.524642/

 

[BirgitS]

Try knocking on the wall. In our house, there isn't a single load-bearing interior wall. It's quite clear if you gently knock with your fist. Unfortunately, they didn't bother with any insulation in the interior walls, so it sounds hollow wherever you knock.

It's probably not a reliable method in all houses. Where we lived before, the only difference between load-bearing and non-load-bearing interior walls was that the load-bearing ones had stronger studs. But both were wood stud constructions with a layer of plasterboard, so it sounded the same no matter where you knocked.