2-Bed Swedish Archipelago Holiday Home with Private Jetty in Figeholm



Hålvik 1, 572 95 Figeholm, Oskarshamns kommun, Sweden, Figeholm (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 85m² Floor area
€500,000
Country home
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
85m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
The first thing you notice, stepping onto the punch veranda at Hålvik 1, is the silence. Not the absence of sound — the water laps, a gull cuts overhead, pine branches shift in the breeze off the Baltic — but the absence of noise. No traffic. No sirens. Just the archipelago doing what it's done for ten thousand years. This is what you came for.
Set on a 3,850 square metre plot at the water's edge in Figeholm, a small coastal village within Oskarshamns kommun in southeastern Sweden, this 85-square-metre country home sits where the land simply runs out and the sea begins. It's a genuinely rare find — a two-bedroom property in good condition with its own private jetty, a guest cottage, and direct access to one of Sweden's most underrated stretches of coastline. Listings like this don't sit around.
The house itself is classic Swedish east coast: deep red timber cladding, white trim, a pitched roof that sheds the winter snow cleanly. Inside, the layout is compact and considered. Large windows in the main living room pull the water view indoors — on clear summer mornings, the light bouncing off the Baltic fills the room with something almost theatrical. A traditional Swedish fireplace anchors the living space, and come September, when the archipelago empties out and the evenings cool fast, you'll understand exactly why it's there. Light it after a late kayak, pour something warm, and the world feels very manageable.
The kitchen is practical without being spartan — modern appliances, solid storage, enough counter space to actually cook rather than just assemble. The dining area sits alongside it, big enough for a proper table, and when the weather holds you'll carry plates outside anyway, out to the veranda where the garden slopes gently toward the jetty. Both bedrooms are calm, quiet rooms. One catches the morning sun over the garden; the other looks toward the water. Sleep comes easily here.
The guest cottage changes the arithmetic of the property considerably. Having separate accommodation on the same plot means you can host family or close friends without the intimacy becoming friction. It works well as a rental unit too — more on that shortly.
The jetty is the heart of the place in summer. You can moor a small motorboat, a classic Swedish wooden rowing boat, or a kayak. From there, the Kalmarsund archipelago opens up: dozens of islands, coves, and natural harbours within easy reach. The fishing is genuinely good — perch and pike in the shallower inlets, Baltic herring further out. The swimming is cold by Mediterranean standards and absolutely perfect by Swedish ones, and the granite rocks warm up by midday and hold the heat into the evening. In July, when the archipelago is at its fullest and the light doesn't really disappear until nearly midnight, days here have a quality that's hard to put into words and impossible to forget.
Figeholm itself is a small place — a harbour, a shop, the kind of summer café that does excellent cinnamon buns and closes promptly in August. But that's the point. Oskarshamn, roughly 30 kilometres north along the coast road, gives you everything a larger town offers: supermarkets, restaurants, a proper marina, the ferry terminal for Gotland, and a surprisingly good museum dedicated to the region's shipbuilding history. Västervik, known for its annual music festival that draws tens of thousands of visitors each summer, is about an hour south. Kalmar, with its 13th-century castle rising directly above the straits, is an hour in the other direction — a worthwhile day trip any time of year.
Seasonally, this part of Sweden rewards year-round ownership more than people expect. Summer is the obvious peak — long days, warm water, constant boat traffic in the channel, the smell of barbecued fish drifting across every harbour. But autumn brings a particular magic: the birch trees on the islands turn gold and copper, the tourists vanish, and the archipelago becomes your own private wilderness. Winter is cold and clear, and the frozen inlets have a spare, Nordic beauty that photographers come from Stockholm to capture. Spring, when the ice breaks and the first boats go back in the water, feels like a genuine event.
For international buyers, Sweden has a straightforward property ownership structure with no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing residential property. Transaction costs are low by European standards, and the legal process is transparent and well-documented. The property market in this corner of Småland remains significantly more accessible than comparable waterfront properties in Norway or Denmark, and with Stockholm-Arlanda less than four hours by car and Kalmar Airport roughly 45 minutes away — with connections to Stockholm and seasonally to other European cities — accessibility is better than the postcode might suggest.
Rental potential is real. Swedish archipelago properties with private jetties and guest accommodation command strong summer rates, and platforms catering specifically to Scandinavian holiday rentals have active demand for exactly this type of property. Many international owners cover a meaningful portion of annual costs by renting for six to eight weeks in peak season while retaining the property for personal use throughout the rest of the year.
Key features at a glance:
- 2-bedroom country home, 85 square metres, in good condition
- Private jetty with direct access to the Kalmarsund archipelago
- 3,850 square metre plot with mature garden
- Separate guest cottage for additional sleeping accommodation
- Traditional Swedish fireplace in the main living area
- Modern kitchen with ample storage
- Punch veranda overlooking the water and garden
- Multiple outdoor seating areas and sunny terraces
- Year-round insulation and heating for all-season use
- Located in Figeholm, Oskarshamns kommun, southeastern Sweden
- 30 km from Oskarshamn town centre
- 45 minutes from Kalmar Airport
- No restrictions on foreign property ownership in Sweden
- Strong short-term rental demand for waterfront archipelago properties
This is a property that rewards the kind of buyer who already knows what Swedish island life feels like — or suspects they'd love it and wants to find out. The combination of private waterfront, a functional guest cottage, and a plot large enough to feel genuinely spacious without becoming a maintenance burden is exactly what makes waterfront properties in this region so difficult to find at this price point.
If you'd like to arrange a private viewing of this holiday home in Figeholm, or simply want to ask questions about buying a second home in Sweden as an international buyer, get in touch with the team at Homestra. Properties with private jetties along this stretch of coast move quickly — a conversation costs nothing, and seeing it in person tends to settle the matter immediately.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 85m²
- Price per m²
- €5,882
- Garden size
- 3850m²
- 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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