1-Bed Island Holiday Home with Sauna & Boat Included, Ringsö – Mälaren, Sweden



Ringsöringen 175, 645 97 Stallarholmen, Strängnäs kommun, Sweden, Stallarholmen (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 36m² Floor area
€189,500
Country home
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
36m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
The ferry from Näsbyviken takes about four minutes. Four minutes, and the mainland's noise is already somewhere else — behind you, irrelevant. You step onto Ringsö carrying nothing but a bag of groceries and whatever you couldn't leave at the office, and by the time you've walked the pine-lined path up to the red-painted house at Ringsöringen 175, the second thing has already dissolved too.
That's the honest sell for this place. Not the square footage, not the buzzwords. It's that specific, almost unfair feeling of arriving somewhere that immediately makes your shoulders drop.
Ringsö sits in Lake Mälaren, Sweden's third-largest lake and one of Scandinavia's most underrated waterways. The island belongs to Strängnäs municipality, and if you're approaching from Stockholm, you're looking at roughly an hour by car — take the E20 west and follow signs toward Strängnäs, then wind down through Stallarholmen to catch the water crossing. Strängnäs itself is worth knowing: a cathedral town with roots in the Viking age, a medieval old quarter, and the kind of weekly Saturday market on Rådhustorget where you can stock up on fresh-smoked fish, cloudberry jam, and sourdough before heading back to the island. The town is genuinely liveable, not just a tourist backdrop.
The property sits on a 2,252 square metre plot — generous by any measure for an island setting. The main house comes in at 36 square metres on the ground floor, which sounds compact until you're inside and realise how well the space has been thought through. A proper kitchen, a living room with windows that pull in long Swedish afternoon light, one bedroom, a bathroom with shower and an eco-friendly Separett composting toilet. Above, a sleeping loft adds another 10 square metres — ideal for kids, or for the friend who always ends up staying one extra night. The interiors are included in the sale: almost everything you see during a viewing stays, minus a handful of personal items. You could unlock the door on a Friday and be having dinner on the terrace the same evening.
And the terraces. There are two. One sits directly off the house and catches morning sun, good for coffee and the particular quiet of a Swedish island at 7am when the only sound is a woodpecker working away in the birches. The second terrace is positioned further on the plot, oriented specifically toward the water — the kind of spot where you watch the light change across Mälaren for an hour and don't notice the time passing. The lake views from this second terrace are genuine, unobstructed, and frankly hard to leave.
Roughly 150 metres below the property, a communal jetty gives you water access for swimming, launching the boat, or simply sitting with your feet over the edge. And there is a boat — a Terhi 475 with a 50 hp engine is included in the sale, which opens up Mälaren's 1,140 kilometres of shoreline in a very real way. The lake connects through to Stockholm in one direction, and west toward Eskilstuna and beyond in the other. On a calm morning in July, you could be chugging through the reeds watching herons fish and be completely unreachable. There's also a Yamaha Grizzly 350 quad bike included, which makes exploring Ringsö's forest tracks and beaches considerably more fun.
The sauna building is separate from the main house — a proper Swedish setup, not an afterthought. Adjacent to it is a small cooling pool. Sauna, pool, a walk down to the jetty for a lake dip, back to the terrace with something cold: this is the Swedish summer rhythm, and this property is built for it. Winter visits are a different mood — quieter, the island almost to yourself, the birch trees bare and the lake steel-grey, the sauna earning its keep all over again.
A guest cottage on the plot means visiting family doesn't have to be an exercise in compromise. Hosts stay in the main house; guests have their own space. The additional outbuildings handle storage for gear, bikes, fishing equipment — everything that accumulates when you're actually using a place rather than just photographing it.
Practically speaking, the property has year-round water supply, which isn't a given on Swedish island properties and is worth noting. Seasonal water runs April/May through October; winter water points are designated within the community. Municipal waste collection operates May through October. The community association fee covers a boat berth on Ringsö and a second berth at Näsbyviken on the mainland — two moorings included, which has real value if you're spending extended time here or arriving by water from Stockholm. Shared fishing waters across the island are accessible to all property owners. Winter boat storage at Sjöbacka is possible, currently with a waiting list.
Swedish property law is relatively straightforward for EU citizens and broadly accessible for non-EU buyers as well, though it's always worth consulting a local jurist or estate lawyer regarding ownership structures and tax residency implications. Sweden does not impose restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing property, and Mälaren island holiday homes have shown consistent demand, particularly as remote working has pushed more buyers to seek properties within two hours of Stockholm with genuine outdoor infrastructure.
Key features at a glance:
- 1-bedroom country home with sleeping loft, 36 sqm main house on Ringsö island, Lake Mälaren
- Separate sauna building with adjacent cooling pool
- Guest cottage on the 2,252 sqm plot for visiting family or friends
- Two outdoor terraces, including a water-view terrace
- Communal jetty 150 metres from the property
- Terhi 475 boat with 50 hp engine included in sale
- Yamaha Grizzly 350 quad bike included in sale
- Two boat berths included: one on Ringsö, one at Näsbyviken on the mainland
- Year-round water supply; seasonal municipal waste collection May–October
- Most furnishings included — move-in ready as a vacation home
- Shared fishing waters across the island for all property owners
- Ferry service available for larger transport needs
- Approx. 1 hour from Stockholm via E20, 15 minutes from Strängnäs town centre
- Priced at SEK 189,500 — strong value for a fully-equipped, multi-building island property
The sellers describe arriving here as a near-immediate reset — and after seeing the place, it's hard to argue. The combination of sauna culture, lake swimming, a boat already in the water, and the specific silence of a Swedish island on a weekday morning is not something you're going to find reproduced in many other places at anywhere near this price point.
If you're seriously considering a Swedish holiday home or a second home in Scandinavia, this property on Ringsö deserves your attention ahead of the summer season. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing — the island is best experienced in person, ideally on the kind of afternoon when the light off Mälaren turns everything gold around six o'clock and you find yourself working out how quickly you could make this permanent.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 36m²
- Price per m²
- €5,264
- Garden size
- 2252m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- Country home
- Energy label
Unknown
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