2-Bed Holiday Home on 2,000m² Natural Plot Near Edsviken, Stockholm Archipelago



Edsviksvägen 35, Grovstanäs, 761 93 Norrtälje, Sweden, Norrtälje (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 67m² Floor area
€210,000
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
67m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Picture this: it's six in the morning in early July, the Swedish sun is already up and flooding the birch trees outside your kitchen window with that particular pale gold light you only get this far north. You pull on a sweater, step out through the covered terrace, and walk 300 meters down to the stone beach at Edsviken for a swim before anyone else in the neighborhood has stirred. That's not a fantasy — that's Tuesday in Grovstanäs.
This two-bedroom year-round house at Edsviksvägen 35 sits on a genuinely generous 2,004 square meters of Swedish bedrock and forest. The plot feels less like a garden and more like a piece of the archipelago landscape that happened to come with a house on it. Exposed granite outcrops push through the ground, tall pines creak when the wind picks up off the water, and a stretch of well-tended lawn closer to the house gives children room to run and adults somewhere to set up the grill on a long summer evening. The storage shed handles the practical overflow — kayak paddles, snow boots, fishing rods — so the house itself can stay uncluttered.
Inside, the 67 square meters are arranged sensibly and without wasted space. The kitchen, dining area, and living room flow into each other in a single open space, which means that whoever's cooking isn't excluded from the conversation happening three meters away. The large windows in the living room do real work here: they pull in light from the surrounding trees and, depending on the season, frame snow-covered spruce or the vivid green of new birch leaves. The covered terrace off the living room extends that indoor-outdoor feeling and means you're not chased inside the moment a cloud passes over — in the Swedish archipelago, that resilience matters. There's also a separate, fully sun-exposed terrace for when the sky is clear and you just want to sit. The two bedrooms are quiet and practical, the bathroom includes a shower and functions well in all four seasons, and the whole house was built in 1974 and has been kept in good condition throughout.
A word about the location, because it genuinely sets this property apart from most Swedish holiday homes. Grovstanäs is a real community — not a cluster of summer-only cabins that go dark in September. The association manages three marinas, boat docks at several piers (including the possibility of securing a berth just a few hundred meters from this property), a football pitch, and a boule court. People actually use these things. The hiking trails through the surrounding woods are marked and maintained, and they connect to a wider network across the Norrtälje municipality. The popular sandy bathing beach nearby draws families throughout the summer, but even in October the stone beaches are perfect for the kind of restorative walk that reminds you why you wanted a place like this.
Then there's the boat access. From your own vessel, Ängsö National Park — one of Sweden's oldest and most visited national parks, famous for its spring pasque flowers and resident ospreys — is a ten-minute run across the water. The broader Stockholm archipelago stretches out in every direction: 30,000 islands, skerries, and channels. Sailing, day trips to Furusund or Arholma, fishing for perch and pike in the bays, crayfish parties in August — the archipelago lifestyle is one of the most distinctive things about living in this part of Sweden, and this address puts you squarely inside it rather than looking at it from the mainland.
Accessibility is genuinely good for a property that feels this remote. Regular buses run along Furusundsvägen to Norrtälje town several times daily. Norrtälje itself — a proper town with a good Saturday market on Lilla Torget, waterfront restaurants along the harbor, and a medieval church worth the visit — is 15 minutes by car. Stockholm's city center is under an hour. Arlanda Airport is roughly the same distance. International buyers will find the logistics manageable: fly into Arlanda, pick up a car, and you're at the house before the afternoon light fades.
Seasonally, the property delivers year-round. Swedish winters here are cold but rarely brutal — snow most years from December through February, enough for cross-country skiing on the local trails and ice fishing on frozen inlets when conditions allow. Spring arrives fast and dramatic, with the ice breaking up on Edsviken and the first boats appearing in the marina by April. Summer is the archipelago at its absolute peak: warm enough to swim daily, light until nearly midnight, the scent of wild roses along the shoreline paths. Autumn brings the most underrated season — empty trails, low amber light, chanterelles in the forest floor if you know where to look.
For international buyers, Sweden has a straightforward property purchase process with no restrictions on foreign ownership. The Swedish property market in the Norrtälje archipelago has shown consistent interest over recent years, and year-round-functional properties with genuine water proximity and large natural plots at this price point are not abundant. Rental management in this region is well-developed, and a property like this — move-in ready, on a large plot, with boat berth access — has proven appeal in the short-term rental market throughout the summer season.
Key features at a glance:
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 67 sqm of well-maintained living space
- 2,004 sqm natural plot with granite outcrops, mature trees, and maintained lawn
- Covered terrace plus separate sun terrace
- Water (Edsviken) approximately 300 meters from the door
- Stone beach access and popular sandy bathing beach nearby
- Option to secure a boat berth at the association's pier
- 10-minute boat ride to Ängsö National Park
- Three marinas, football pitch, and boule court within the Grovstanäs community
- Marked hiking trails connecting to wider municipal network
- Year-round functionality confirmed by current and previous owners
- Regular bus service to Norrtälje; 15 minutes by car to town center
- Under one hour to central Stockholm and Arlanda Airport
- No foreign ownership restrictions for international buyers
- Practical 8 sqm storage shed included
This is a second home with real substance behind it — not a weekend cabin but a place where you can genuinely live for stretches of time across every season. If you've been looking for a foothold in the Stockholm archipelago, a place that gives you both the wilderness and the community, Edsviksvägen 35 is worth a serious look.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. This kind of plot and location combination at this price doesn't sit on the market for long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 67m²
- Price per m²
- €3,134
- Garden size
- 2004m²
- 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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