2-Bed Swedish Country Home on 2,750m² Near Tiveden National Park – Holiday Home in Finnerödja



Eriksbacken 5, 695 93 Finnerödja, Laxå, Sweden, Finnerödja (Sweden)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 75m² Floor area
€49,500
Country home
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
75m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a July morning and the air smells of warm pine resin and cut grass. The apple trees are heavy. A woodpecker is working somewhere deeper in the trees, and the only traffic you'll hear all day is the distant hum of a tractor on the municipal road half a kilometer away. This is Eriksbacken 5 — a genuine Swedish stuga on a 2,752-square-meter plot in Finnerödja, Laxå, and it feels exactly like what the word "escape" is supposed to mean.
The cottage itself sits comfortably at 75 square meters — not sprawling, but well-proportioned. Two bedrooms, a tiled bathroom with underfloor heating, a kitchen that handles everything from a quick fika to a full midsommar spread, and a living room generous enough that a family of four won't be climbing over each other on rainy afternoons. The bathroom was renovated in 2012 and includes both a washing machine and tumble dryer, which matters more than you'd think when you're planning to stay for three weeks in August rather than a weekend. The whole place has been adapted for accessibility too, with ramps and wider clearances — a thoughtful detail that opens the property up to grandparents, guests with mobility needs, or just anyone who's tired of holiday homes that weren't designed with real people in mind.
The large south-facing wooden deck is the property's social center from May through September. On a clear summer's day, sunlight sits on this side of the house for roughly ten hours. That's not marketing language — that's the reward for the orientation of this plot. You'll develop opinions about which chair gets the best afternoon light.
Beyond the main cottage, there's a separate guest cottage and a 20-square-meter storage building. The guest cottage changes how you think about hosting. No one has to sleep on a fold-out sofa. Friends come for a weekend and actually get to stay in their own space. The storage building handles the bikes, the canoe paddles, the fishing rods, and whatever else accumulates when you spend serious time outdoors.
The plot itself is framed by mature deciduous and coniferous trees — a mix that means the colors genuinely shift through the seasons, from the acid green of birch leaves in May to deep amber in October. Apple trees, lilac, and laburnum fill in the gaps, and there's more than enough open ground for a kitchen garden if you want one. The nearest neighbor is roughly 600 meters away. That distance is the whole point.
Water comes from a private deep-drilled well at 65 meters — a proper, reliable source that doesn't depend on municipal supply. For a property this secluded, that's exactly what you want.
Now, about the location. Finnerödja is a small village in Laxå municipality in Örebro County, sitting in one of the quieter corners of south-central Sweden. The village is known locally for its strawberry farms — the kind where you pick your own in late June, filling cardboard boxes in the sun — and for a genuinely unhurried pace that the bigger lake towns further south have mostly given up on. A small grocery store is just 3 kilometers from the property, which handles daily needs without a major expedition. For anything more substantial, Laxå town is a short drive, and the train station there puts Stockholm within around two and a half hours on rail — a route that runs regularly and makes this a realistic weekend destination from the capital, not just a summer-only retreat.
Lake Skagern is the local swimming water. It's a long, narrow lake that cuts through the landscape west of the village, and it's clean and quiet — the kind of lake that Swedes who know it treat as something of a secret. Swimming off the rocks in July, pike fishing in September, skating when the winters are cold enough. The lake delivers differently depending on the month, and that's the appeal of having a place here across multiple seasons.
Tiveden National Park is the other major draw, and it's close enough to visit on a Tuesday morning on impulse. The park is ancient — old-growth forest, giant boulders left by glaciers, dark tarns between the rocks — and it draws serious hikers and naturalists from across Scandinavia. The marked trails include everything from a 1.5-kilometer family loop around Trollkyrkan to full-day routes through the backcountry. In late summer, the forest floor is thick with chanterelles and porcini. In spring, the birds are relentless. Canoeing is possible on the lakes inside the park, and fishing permits are easy to arrange locally. It's the kind of national park that rewards repeat visits over years rather than a single tick on a bucket list — and having a base 20 minutes from the entrance changes your relationship with it entirely.
For international buyers considering a second home in Sweden, Finnerödja and the Laxå area represent a genuinely accessible entry point into the Swedish holiday home market. At this price point, the combination of a well-maintained main cottage, a guest cottage, a large private plot, and proximity to a national park and a major lake is difficult to replicate closer to Stockholm or on the more competitive west coast. Sweden has straightforward property ownership rules for EU and non-EU buyers alike, with no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing residential or holiday property. Ownership costs are moderate — Swedish property tax is calculated on assessed value, and utility and maintenance costs for a property of this size and construction are manageable year-round. The property's condition means no immediate capital outlay on renovation, which matters when you're budgeting from abroad.
Rental potential exists too, particularly through the Swedish and German holiday home rental markets, which have strong demand for private, nature-adjacent cottages with good accessibility. The combination of Tiveden National Park, Lake Skagern, and the property's privacy makes it a compelling listing in any rental season from late spring through early autumn.
Key features at a glance:
- 2-bedroom country home, approximately 75 square meters, in good condition
- 2,752-square-meter private plot with mature trees, apple trees, lilac, and laburnum
- Separate guest cottage and 20m² storage building
- Large south-facing wooden deck with up to 10 hours of summer sun
- Accessibility adaptations throughout, including ramps and wide clearances
- Tiled bathroom with underfloor heating, renovated 2012, with washer and dryer
- Private deep-drilled well (65 meters) for independent water supply
- No neighbors within approximately 600 meters; minimal passing traffic
- Grocery store 3 kilometers away; Laxå train station approximately 15 minutes by car
- Lake Skagern swimming, fishing, and winter skating within easy reach
- Tiveden National Park roughly 20 minutes away by car
- Accessible by Stockholm train in approximately 2.5 hours via Laxå station
- Suitable for year-round use with proper heating systems in place
- Strong holiday rental potential in the Swedish and Nordic outdoor tourism market
- No restrictions on international ownership; straightforward Swedish property purchase process
This is a property that earns its place in a life. Not a showpiece — a place you actually go to, regularly, and leave feeling like you've done something right. The scale is honest, the setting is rare at this price, and the combination of forest, lake, and a national park on the doorstep is the kind of thing that keeps second-home owners coming back every summer for decades.
If you're ready to see it in person — and this is genuinely a property that makes more sense once you're standing on that deck with a coffee, listening to the woodpeckers — get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a viewing. Properties with this combination of privacy, plot size, and location in the Tiveden corridor don't stay available long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 75m²
- Price per m²
- €660
- Garden size
- 2752m²
- 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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