Correct method to repair badly cracked painted ceiling - cold exposure

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I need to finally get round to repairing and painting our bedroom ceiling 10ft x 15ft, which has peeled quite badly in places over the years. I'd say they cover around 50% of the ceiling. I'm pretty sure this is mainly due to the very cold winter temperatures we can get in Norway. Which the room is exposed to during nights as my wife insists on having a window open..

Here's some photos.
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I've been watching a few YouTube videos on the subject and a few threads here and the general consensus seems to be that going over the entire ceiling with a scraper to remove loose paint then going over this with some sort of filler is the way to go? Here's one of the videos.

I thought I'd ask here though to get some more advice on the subject. Specifically, if what I've been watching is applicable in my case? Is this the approved method? Should a specific filler and paint be used which can better withstand extreme temperature changes? Something that will stretch and not crack?

Any advice on this subject would be much appreciated. Any specific products to use would also be really useful.
 
Scrape off.
Old emulsion under. Bit powdery?
Here we use gardz to penetrate as and bind surface.
Make good with filler and paint.
Get up in loft and add more insulation so the ceiling dont get cold which will reduce or even stop condensation forming on the surface.

Or fit plastic panels to ceiling
 
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