1-Bed Lakeside Cottage with Guest House & 2,275m² Garden in Bro, Sweden



Svärdsvägen 4, 197 92 Bro, Upplands-Bro, Sweden, Bro (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 34m² Floor area
€199,500
Country home
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
34m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a still July morning, you step off the wooden deck in bare feet, coffee in hand, and walk 350 meters through birch trees to the private sandy beach at Lejondalssjön. The lake is glassy and cold and yours. Nobody else is up yet. This is what owning a country home in Stentorp, Upplands-Bro actually feels like.
Svärdsvägen 4 is a 1955 red-painted cottage that sits on 2,275 square meters of private garden in one of the most quietly coveted lake communities within striking distance of Stockholm. At 34 square meters, the main house is compact by any standard — but the Swedish tradition of small, well-planned living spaces was never better applied. Every square meter works hard. The living room centers on a wood-burning stove that keeps things genuinely warm during October evenings when the colors outside turn amber and rust. Large windows frame that garden and the tree line beyond it, so even on grey November days there's a sense of being inside a landscape painting rather than a house.
The kitchen is straightforward and functional — enough counter space to cook a proper meal, enough room to not bump into whoever's doing the dishes. The single bedroom is calm and quiet, the kind of sleep you don't get in the city. Outside, the oversized deck is where life really happens in summer. Long dinners that drift into long evenings. Books abandoned after three pages. The garden behind it is half-wild, half-cultivated — mature trees providing canopy, open patches of lawn inviting a hammock or a kitchen garden if you're inclined.
What separates this property from most Swedish country cottages is the additional infrastructure already in place. The separate guest cottage comes with its own bathroom, which means visitors are comfortable and independent without being underfoot. Beyond that, one of the two timber storage sheds has been fitted as an extra guest room, giving the property a total sleeping capacity well beyond what its footprint suggests. For a family with teenagers, or someone running a small creative retreat, this configuration is genuinely practical.
The Stentorp community is a small, tight-knit lakeside neighborhood — the kind where you wave to neighbors by name and the shared beach actually stays clean because everyone uses it and everyone cares about it. Members of the community association get access to the lake dock and boat mooring at Lejondalssjön, a clear freshwater lake that draws swimmers, anglers, and kayakers from late May right through August. Pike and perch fishing here is serious business among locals; bring patience and a rod and you'll understand why.
Come winter, the lake freezes solid enough for ice skating on most years by January. The forests around Stentorp become cross-country ski terrain. The trails that run through the Upplands-Bro municipality — including stretches of Mälardalsleden — are accessible directly on foot or bicycle from the property, winding through spruce forest and past smaller ponds before opening onto farmland and old estate grounds. Spring in this part of Sweden is dramatic in the best way: the ice breaks, the birches come out lime-green almost overnight, and the whole region smells of thawed earth and wildflowers.
Getting to Stockholm is not an ordeal. Bro station is minutes from the property, putting Stockholm Central within roughly 40 minutes by commuter rail on the Mälarbanan line. Uppsala, Sweden's university city with its cathedral, botanical garden, and one of northern Europe's oldest Christmas markets, is under an hour by car. Arlanda International Airport sits about 35 kilometers northeast — a straightforward drive that makes this property genuinely accessible for international buyers flying in from across Europe.
The town of Bro itself has what you need day-to-day: a grocery store, pharmacy, a handful of local restaurants, and the kind of Saturday morning market that's more practical than precious. For something more substantial, Kungsängen is nearby, and the western suburbs of Stockholm — Jakobsberg, Sollentuna — are well within range for larger shopping or dining out properly.
For international buyers considering a Swedish second home, the legal framework is uncomplicated. Sweden places no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing property, and freehold ownership here gives you full title without leasehold complications. The property is priced at SEK 199,500 — an entry point that's genuinely rare for a freehold lakeside property with a separate guest cottage this close to Stockholm. Comparable properties in the Mälar region with similar plot sizes and water access typically trade significantly higher. Running costs in Sweden are transparent and moderate: property tax (fastighetsavgift) on a property this size is capped at a low annual rate, and the community association fees cover shared beach and dock maintenance.
The inclusion of remaining furnishings in the sale is a practical bonus — you can arrive, unlock the door, and be sitting on the deck with a drink the same evening. Year-round road access and ample parking mean this works as a four-season property, not just a summer cabin.
Key features at a glance:
- 1-bedroom cottage (34m²) built 1955, in good condition
- Separate guest cottage with private bathroom
- Additional shed converted to guest sleeping room
- Two large timber storage sheds
- Expansive wooden deck for outdoor dining and relaxing
- 2,275m² private garden with mature trees
- 350 meters to Lejondalssjön lake and private sandy beach
- Community boat dock and swimming pier access
- Walking and cycling trails directly accessible from the property
- Bro commuter rail station minutes away — Stockholm Central ~40 min
- Arlanda International Airport ~35km
- Freehold tenure, no foreign ownership restrictions
- Furnishings included in the sale
- Year-round road access and private parking
- SEK 199,500 asking price — exceptional value for the Mälar lake region
This is a rare chance to own a freehold lakeside vacation home in Sweden at a price that makes genuine sense. If you've been thinking about a Scandinavian second home — somewhere that does all four seasons properly, that puts a lake and a forest and a real community at your door — Svärdsvägen 4 is worth your serious attention. Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or to get full legal and financial documentation. Properties at this price point and with this configuration don't sit on the market long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 34m²
- Price per m²
- €5,868
- Garden size
- 2275m²
- 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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