2-Bed 1909 Country Home on 6,600m² Plot – Holiday Home in Vikbolandet, Sweden



Rönö Uppsalatorp, 610 27 Vikbolandet, Norrköpings kommun, Sweden, Vikbolandet (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 70m² Floor area
€150,000
Country home
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
70m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Close your eyes and picture a Sunday morning in early June: the window above the kitchen sink is propped open, and the only sounds reaching you are a woodpecker working through a birch trunk somewhere behind the meadow and the distant, unhurried bells of a village church carried on a westerly breeze. That's the daily reality at Rönö Uppsalatorp, a two-bedroom country home on Vikbolandet peninsula that has been quietly standing its ground since 1909.
This is Östergötland at its most honest — no tourist traps, no manufactured charm, just a wide-open plot of 6,644 square metres where the grass grows thick in spring and the birch trees turn a hard, clean gold in October. The property sits in Norrköpings kommun, roughly 35 kilometres southeast of Norrköping city centre, on a peninsula that locals have been retreating to for generations without making too much noise about it. For good reason — they'd like to keep it that way.
The main house covers 70 square metres across three rooms, and the proportions feel right. It's not oversized, not squeezed. The living room gets afternoon sun through large windows that look out over the garden, and in winter those same windows frame a landscape that turns monochrome and cinematic — frozen ground, bare trees, pale sky. The kitchen has enough working space that you can actually cook in it, which matters when you're making gravlax from scratch or simmering a pot of rotmos on a grey November afternoon. Original details from the early 1900s surface throughout: in the way the walls sit, in the feel of the older joinery, in small things that remind you this house has a history longer than any single owner.
Two bedrooms handle sleeping arrangements without fuss. They're quiet rooms — genuinely quiet, the kind you forget exists in cities — and after a full day kayaking the inlets of the Bråviken bay or cycling the farm roads that criss-cross the peninsula, that quiet is exactly what you want.
Now, about that bathroom. It's housed in a separate outbuilding — a practical Scandinavian arrangement that's far more common here than it might sound to outsiders, and one that comes with the upside of additional storage space in the same structure. A shower is fitted and functional. Alongside this, a guest cottage rounds out the cluster of buildings on the plot. Use it for visiting family, rent it out to supplement ownership costs during summer, or convert it into the writing room or darkroom you've been promising yourself for years.
The land itself is the real conversation. Over 6,600 square metres gives you room to think. Previous owners have kept part of it as open lawn, and there's space enough for a serious kitchen garden — Vikbolandet's light sandy soils are genuinely good for root vegetables, and the growing season, while shorter than southern Europe's, rewards patience with strawberries, potatoes, courgettes, and apple varieties that taste better for the cold winters they endure. If you want to add a sauna cabin near the treeline, there's room. If you want to simply leave most of it wild and watch the roe deer come in at dusk, that works too.
Practically, the infrastructure is solid. Fibre broadband is already installed — remote work from here is entirely viable. An electric vehicle charging point is on site. Water comes from a drilled well, independent and reliable. Wastewater runs through a three-chamber septic system, and two air-to-air heat pumps handle year-round climate control efficiently, keeping winter energy bills manageable even when temperatures drop to minus fifteen during a proper January cold snap.
Vikbolandet itself rewards exploration. The peninsula is cut through by quiet roads ideal for road cycling, and the coastline along Bråviken offers calm water for kayaking and small-boat sailing from late May through September. The fishing is serious business here — perch and pike in the lakes, sea trout in the brackish coastal waters. In July, the wildflower meadows along Rönö reach peak colour, and there are walking paths that connect farms and forest stretches without ever touching a major road. For cultural context, Norrköping — one of Sweden's most underrated mid-sized cities — is close enough for a day trip. Its textile museum inside a converted industrial mill on the Motala stream is genuinely worth an afternoon, and the city's restaurant scene has grown considerably, with places like La Crêperie on Gamla Rådstugugatan pulling a loyal local crowd.
For international buyers considering this as a vacation home or second home in Sweden, a few practical notes. Sweden has no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing property, and the legal process is transparent and well-regulated. Ownership costs are low by European standards — property tax on a home of this value and type is modest, and running costs are kept in check by the heat pumps and well water. The property is in good condition and genuinely move-in ready for summer use, though buyers with longer-term ambitions will find the large plot and outbuildings give them renovation and expansion options that don't require immediate action.
Norrköping's Kungsängen airport connects regionally, and Stockholm Arlanda is around two hours by car, giving international buyers reasonable access from most European hubs. The E4 motorway runs nearby, making the drive from Stockholm straightforward.
Summers here are long-light affairs — by midsummer the sky barely darkens before it starts brightening again, and the Swedes make full use of it with outdoor dining that stretches until ten at night. Winters are cold and honest, with enough snow most years to make the landscape look like it was painted specifically for the occasion.
Key features at a glance:
- 1909-built country home in good condition, 70m² of living space
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom (located in well-equipped outbuilding)
- Separate guest cottage — ideal for visitors or rental income
- Expansive 6,644m² plot with garden, lawn, and woodland edge
- Fibre broadband installed throughout
- Electric vehicle charging point on site
- Drilled well providing independent water supply
- Three-chamber septic wastewater system
- Two air-to-air heat pumps for efficient year-round heating and cooling
- Located on Vikbolandet peninsula, Norrköpings kommun, Östergötland
- 35km from Norrköping city centre; approx. 2 hours from Stockholm Arlanda
- Close to kayaking, fishing, cycling, and coastal walking trails
- No restrictions on foreign buyers; transparent Swedish property law
- Strong potential as summer holiday home, second residence, or family retreat
This is the kind of property that rewards unhurried people. It doesn't demand renovation projects or constant attention. It asks you to show up, slow down, and let the peninsula do its work. If that sounds like what you've been looking for in a holiday home in Sweden, reach out through Homestra today to arrange a private viewing — the summer calendar fills faster than you'd expect.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 70m²
- Price per m²
- €2,143
- Garden size
- 6644m²
- 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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