1-Bed Holiday Home with Garden Near Lake Unden & Tiveden National Park, Sweden



Göte Hellmans väg 5, 695 97 Tived, Laxå kommun, Sweden, Tived (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 44m² Floor area
€42,400
House
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
44m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early June morning in Tived: the forest is completely silent except for a woodpecker somewhere back in the pines, and the air carries that particular smell — cold water, moss, and something faintly resinous — that you only get this deep into Swedish wilderness. You step outside with your coffee, barefoot on the grass, and realize you're about three minutes from one of the most raw and untouched stretches of nature in Scandinavia. That's the daily reality at Göte Hellmans väg 5.
This compact one-bedroom house sits in the quiet cottage community of Tived, in Laxå municipality — a part of Sweden that most international visitors never find, which is precisely what makes it so good. The property spans 44 square meters of interior space on a generous 963-square-meter plot, giving you far more garden than house, in the best possible way. Built in 1966 and currently in good condition, it's a classic Swedish holiday cottage with honest bones and serious potential.
Let's talk about what surrounds it first, because the location is genuinely the headline here. A short walk takes you down to Sannerud and the shores of Lake Unden, one of Värmland's larger lakes, where the water runs clear and cold and the small marina sees more rowboats than speedboats. There's a local beach for swimming through July and August, a boat ramp along the tourist road for a small fee if you want to launch your own vessel, and fishing that draws regulars back season after season — pike and perch mostly, if you ask around. The pace is unhurried. Nobody is in a rush. That's the point.
Tiveden National Park is roughly 10 kilometers away. If you haven't been, it's worth knowing that Tiveden is unlike the manicured Scandinavian nature reserves you might expect. The park is ancient, rocky, and genuinely wild — boulder-strewn forests, deep ravines, mirror-still tarns. The main trail network starts from Stenkälla, and there are routes for everything from a two-hour family loop to full-day ridge walks that feel surprisingly remote given how accessible the entrance is. Come autumn, the beech and oak turn copper and the whole park goes quiet. In winter, the trails become cross-country ski routes, and the frozen lakes open up for ice fishing — a ritual here that involves a thermos of strong coffee and the kind of patience city life rarely teaches.
The house itself is straightforward and functional — two rooms plus a kitchen — and a 2025-installed air-to-air heat pump means it's genuinely usable year-round, not just in summer. Energy costs stay manageable, which matters when you're maintaining a second home from abroad. Municipal water and sewage connections remove the complications that come with wells and septic systems on older rural Swedish properties. This is a practical setup.
The kitchen is ready for whoever wants to make it their own. The living spaces are compact but not cramped, with windows that pull in daylight and frame the surrounding greenery. Think of the current interior less as a finished product and more as a clean starting point. Swedish summer houses — stugor — have a long tradition of being slowly improved by their owners over years, a weekend project here, a new floor there, until they become exactly what you need them to be.
The garden is where this property earns its square footage back. 963 square meters gives you room to breathe, room to plant, room to build a small gäststuga (guest cabin) if local planning permits, or even a greenhouse for extending the growing season. Summer evenings here are long — in June, it doesn't get properly dark until almost midnight — and a well-set-up garden becomes an outdoor living room for most of the year.
For international buyers, the Swedish property market in this area remains accessible compared to coastal Scandinavia or the lake districts further north that have caught significant attention in recent years. Laxå municipality is not overpriced. It hasn't been discovered by the weekend-chalet crowd in the way that parts of Dalarna or Jämtland have. That combination of low entry price and strong natural amenity — national park on the doorstep, lake swimming in summer, skiing and snowshoeing in winter — makes it a sensible long-term hold. Short-term rental platforms like Airbnb show consistent summer demand for properties this close to Tiveden, particularly from Swedish families and outdoor-focused travelers from Germany and the Netherlands who are increasingly exploring inland Scandinavia.
Getting here is easier than the address suggests. Laxå has a train station on the main Stockholm–Gothenburg line, putting you roughly two hours from each city. Örebro Airport is the nearest regional option. For buyers driving from mainland Europe, the ferry routes into Gothenburg make the whole journey entirely manageable over a long weekend.
Winters here are real. Snow arrives properly in December and stays. The forest near the house gets heavy with it, the lake freezes, and the whole landscape shifts into something quieter and more monochrome that many people find genuinely restorative. If you grew up somewhere grey and mild, the Swedish winter takes some adjustment — but owners who make the trip in January consistently say it's the most peaceful version of the place.
Key features at a glance:
- 44 sqm house on a 963 sqm plot in Tived, Laxå municipality
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen — clean and functional layout
- Air-to-air heat pump installed 2025 for year-round energy-efficient heating
- Municipal water and sewage — no well or septic complications
- Walking distance to Lake Unden, Sannerud beach, and local marina
- Boat ramp access nearby on the tourist road
- Approximately 10 km to the entrance of Tiveden National Park
- Large garden with room for guest cabin or greenhouse development
- Good condition — move-in ready with strong renovation upside
- Strong short-term rental demand via Airbnb in summer months
- 2 hours by direct train to both Stockholm and Gothenburg
- Low entry price compared to other Swedish lake and forest regions
- Year-round usability: swimming and hiking in summer, skiing and ice fishing in winter
- Quiet cottage community — no commercial development pressure nearby
This is a holiday home in Sweden that earns every krone of its asking price through sheer location and potential. It won't suit everyone — if you need five bedrooms and a spa, look elsewhere. But if you want a foothold in real Swedish countryside, a place to come back to across seasons, and a project you can shape over time, Göte Hellmans väg 5 is worth taking seriously.
Get in touch with Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to request further information. Properties at this price point, this close to a national park, don't wait around.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 44m²
- Price per m²
- €964
- Garden size
- 963m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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