1-Bed Swedish Country Cottage on Nearly 1-Hectare Plot, Lake Access – Dalarna Vacation Home



Gamla Kyrkviksvägen 20, 772 40 Grängesberg, Sweden, Grängesberg (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 79m² Floor area
€69,500
Country home
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
79m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step off the 400-meter forest lane and feel the shift immediately — the engine noise fades, the birdsong fills the gap, and the air smells of pine resin and lake water. That's the daily arrival at Gamla Kyrkviksvägen 20, a 1909 timber cottage sitting on just over 8,000 square meters of sun-drenched Swedish countryside outside Grängesberg in Dalarna. This is what a vacation home is supposed to feel like.
The cottage itself is compact — 79 square meters — but that's precisely the point. One bedroom, a proper kitchen with dining space, a roomy living room, and a covered outdoor patio that becomes the real social hub from May through September. There's no sprawling square footage demanding your weekend attention. Instead, the private forest road ensures this place belongs entirely to you; it leads nowhere else. Nobody passes by accident. The plot fans out around the house in every direction — open and sun-catching, ringed by forest, with space for a kitchen garden, a hammock strung between two birches, a fire pit with chairs pulled close on August evenings when the sky doesn't fully darken until almost midnight.
The original bones from 1909 have held up remarkably well. Rustic details remain — the kind of warm, lived-in character you'd spend a fortune trying to reproduce in a new build. Since 2004, the house has served as a summer residence, and that history shows in good ways: the place has been loved and maintained, not neglected. Practical upgrades are already done: a drilled well for a reliable water supply, a newly installed graywater (BDT) system, and a modern incineration toilet. You won't need to immediately invest in infrastructure. Arrive, unpack, and start enjoying it.
Beyond the main house, the property holds a collection of outbuildings that dramatically expand what's possible here. There's a two-door garage for vehicles or kayaks or a ride-on mower. A woodshed stacked with firewood for those September evenings when the temperature drops faster than you expect. A small barn that could just as easily become a workshop, a pottery studio, or an extra storage space. And then there's Lillstugan — the little timbered guest cottage, a separate sleeping and sitting space that could host visiting family, a teenager who wants their own door, or simply serve as the reading retreat you've been promising yourself for years.
Dalarna is Sweden's emotional heartland. Ask any Swede where they'd go if they could go anywhere in summer, and a substantial number will say somewhere around these lakes. The region is home to the midsummer traditions that postcards get wrong — the real thing involves local communities gathering at flower-decorated poles in villages like nearby Ludvika, folk music played by people who've been doing it since childhood, and tables loaded with pickled herring, new potatoes with dill, and strawberries that taste like they were grown specifically for this occasion. Grängesberg itself is a former mining town with a genuinely interesting industrial history — the Grängesberg mine was once one of Europe's most significant iron ore operations, and the local museum tells that story with real depth.
Walk ten minutes from the gate and you reach Kyrkviksbadet, widely considered one of Dalarna's best swimming spots. The lake is clear and calm, perfect for an early-morning swim before the summer sun gets high. Fishing from the shore or a small boat is a daily ritual for many local cottage owners — perch and pike are common catches. Bring a canoe or borrow one, and you can spend an entire day moving between coves without seeing another person.
Winter is a different animal, but no less compelling. Fjällberget ski area sits within easy reach and draws families and serious skiers alike through January and February. Cross-country trails weave through the forests directly accessible from the property — strap on skis and go. The silence of a Dalarna forest in February snowfall is something you experience once and don't forget. The cottage's woodstove setup and the well-stocked woodshed make cold-season visits genuinely cozy rather than merely endurable.
For golf, Svanskogen Golf Course is close enough to make a spontaneous afternoon round realistic. Hiking routes through the surrounding forests are unmarked but well-known locally — ask anyone in Grängesberg which path leads to the best ridge views and they'll tell you without hesitation.
The location balances seclusion and convenience in a way that's harder to find than it sounds. Grängesberg village is just 4 kilometers away — a quick drive for groceries, coffee, or the weekly outdoor market. Ludvika, 15 kilometers distant, covers everything else: larger supermarkets, healthcare, hardware stores, restaurants. Falun, Dalarna's capital and the city that hosts the world-famous Vasaloppet cross-country ski race every March, is roughly an hour's drive. Stockholm is around three hours by car or train via Ludvika station.
For international buyers, Sweden's property purchase process is notably straightforward. There are no restrictions on foreign ownership, and the legal framework is transparent and well-established. Property taxes in this category are modest. The price point — 69,500 EUR — sits at the accessible end of the Dalarna vacation home market, especially for a plot of this size with multiple structures already in place. Rental demand for traditional Swedish cottages in Dalarna spikes sharply in July and August; many owners cover a meaningful portion of annual costs through short-term summer lettings while retaining the property for personal use in shoulder seasons.
Key features at a glance:
- 1909 timber cottage, 79 sqm, in good condition with rustic original character intact
- 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, spacious living room, kitchen with dining area
- Covered outdoor patio for all-weather outdoor living
- Total plot: 8,125 sqm (nearly 1 hectare) of sunny, open land surrounded by forest
- Private 400-meter forest road — sole access means complete privacy
- Drilled well and newly installed graywater (BDT) system already in place
- Modern incineration toilet — no immediate infrastructure investment required
- Lillstugan: separate timbered guest cottage for visitors or personal retreat
- Additional outbuildings: garage, woodshed, small barn
- 10-minute walk to Kyrkviksbadet lake swimming area
- Fjällberget ski area and Svanskogen Golf Course within easy reach
- 4 km to Grängesberg shops and services, 15 km to Ludvika
- No restrictions on foreign ownership in Sweden
- Strong short-term rental potential during Dalarna's peak summer season
Owning a Swedish countryside vacation home doesn't get much more authentic than this. A cottage that's been part of the landscape for over a century, on a plot big enough to actually breathe, minutes from one of Dalarna's finest lakes, priced within reach of buyers who've been watching the European second-home market carefully.
Contact Homestra today to arrange a viewing — this kind of plot size combined with a move-in-ready cottage at this price won't stay available for long in Dalarna's competitive summer-home market.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 79m²
- Price per m²
- €880
- Garden size
- 8125m²
- 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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