3-Bed 1889 Farmhouse Estate with Equestrian Stables, Sauna & River Access in Dalarna, Sweden



Heden 42, 786 93 Nås, Sweden, Nås (Sweden)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 161m² Floor area
€318,000
Country home
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
161m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the hillside at Heden 42 on a clear October night and the sky does something you won't forget. No streetlights, no neighbors close enough to matter, just the Northern Lights rippling green and violet over the Västerdalälven valley below. This is Storstensgård — a 4.4-hectare estate outside the village of Nås in Dalarna's Vansbro municipality — and this is the kind of moment that explains why people buy a property like this and never look back.
The estate takes its name from a natural stone monolith standing over five meters tall at the center of the grounds. That stone has been here longer than the farmhouse, longer than the historic entrance pillars, longer than the original photographs preserved inside the main house that show female soldiers billeted on the property in an earlier century. There's a tangible weight of story here, and the land holds it quietly.
The main house dates to 1889. You enter through a glass veranda — the kind of addition that Scandinavian farmhouses have always used to trap winter light — and immediately the high ceilings and original roof lines tell you this was built by people who cared about proportion. The wooden floors have been lived on for over a century. The living room centers on a wood-burning stove, and in January, when Dalarna's temperatures drop hard and the surrounding fields go white and silent, that stove becomes the heart of the entire house. There's also an air-to-air heat pump for the days when you want warmth without the ritual of splitting logs.
The kitchen is genuinely large — large enough for a dining table that seats eight without anyone feeling crowded — and it has both a wood stove and a pizza oven. Not ornamental. Actually used. Fully fitted with built-in appliances including dishwasher, fridge/freezer, and extractor hood, it's the kind of kitchen where Sunday mornings run long and nobody wants to leave. Upstairs, three bedrooms and a bright landing connect to a balcony looking out over the garden, the meadows, and beyond that the roll of the Dalarna countryside. 143 square meters of living space in total, across the main house.
On the ground floor there's a wellness area that earns its name: a Harvia sauna, changing room, shower, and separate toilet with washing machine. After a morning of cross-country skiing through the Hästingsflotten nature reserve — the trails start practically from the front gate — coming back to a Finnish-style sauna session before lunch is simply how winter works here.
The property doesn't stop at the main house. There's a second, officially registered house of 109 square meters, currently mid-renovation, that represents the estate's most compelling financial argument. Finish it to your own specification — as a guest residence, a rental unit, a care home for an aging parent, or a bed-and-breakfast space — and you immediately multiply the property's income potential. Then there's the stuga: a detached 28-square-meter cabin, cozy and self-contained, ideal for two people. Guests love it. Rental guests would too.
For anyone keeping horses or thinking about it, the facilities here are serious. A stable complex with indoor stalls, a dry tack room, direct paddock access, and a large pasture. Horses step out of the stable into open grass. Two substantial barns, an atelier, a former carpentry workshop, wood storage, and several sheds round out the agricultural infrastructure. This is not a decorative setup.
The kitchen garden is productive. Mature fruit trees, currant bushes, raspberry canes — the kind of established planting that takes decades to develop and that you simply cannot buy and install overnight. There's a large greenhouse, a traditional Swedish root cellar for storing the harvest through winter, a fire pit for long June evenings when darkness barely falls, and fixed play equipment for children. Several natural springs feed the garden, greenhouse, and animal areas with clean water year-round.
Nås village is minutes away with a supermarket and primary school. The Västerdalälven river borders the property directly, with a path leading down to the bank. Less than 200 meters away there's a sizeable lake with a sandy beach and a swimming jetty — canoeing, swimming, and fishing are summer staples. Vansbro, about 20 minutes by car, hosts the famous Vansbro Swim every July, one of Sweden's most iconic open-water events, drawing thousands of participants to the Västerån river. Falun, the cultural capital of Dalarna and home to the UNESCO-listed copper mine, is roughly an hour's drive east.
Dalarna is Sweden's most emotionally significant region for Swedes themselves. The Midsommar celebrations here, particularly around Leksand and Rättvik, are not tourist performances — they're the real thing, with maypoles that have been raised in the same village squares for generations. The region's folk art tradition, the distinctive red Dala horse carvings, the hand-painted furniture — it's all still actively made and sold by local craftspeople. Summer markets in Malung and Vansbro bring out local produce, handmade goods, and the kind of social energy that a city cannot manufacture.
Winters here are proper. Reliable snow from December through March, cross-country trails across thousands of kilometers of groomed track, frozen lakes for ice fishing, and skies dark enough to make aurora watching a regular activity rather than a once-in-a-lifetime event. Summer is the other extreme: long, warm days, wildflowers across every meadow, and water temperatures in the lake that actually invite swimming by mid-July.
For international buyers, the Swedish property market offers genuine transparency. The recent structural inspection report — available to serious buyers — means you go in with clear eyes. Sweden's legal framework for foreign property ownership is straightforward, with no restrictions on EU or non-EU buyers purchasing residential real estate. The property is priced at 318,000 EUR, which for a 4.4-hectare historic estate with three accommodations, equestrian infrastructure, and direct river access in a high-demand recreational region represents a rare entry point. Comparable multi-building rural estates in Dalarna rarely appear at this price level, and when they do, they move quickly.
Rental demand in Dalarna continues to grow, driven by Stockholm buyers seeking accessible countryside within three to four hours by car or train via Borlänge. The stuga alone, marketed as a short-term vacation rental through platforms catering to the Nordic outdoor market, could generate meaningful income to offset ownership costs while you complete the renovation of the second house at your own pace.
A structural inspection has already been completed, and the report is on file. This is a property to visit in person — photographs, even good ones, don't convey the scale of the land, the silence of the hillside, or the way the light moves across the valley on a September afternoon.
Key features at a glance:
- Main house built 1889, 143 sqm, three bedrooms, one bathroom, high ceilings and original architectural details
- Second registered house, 109 sqm, currently mid-renovation with significant completion potential
- Detached stuga, 28 sqm, self-contained cabin for guests or rental
- 4.4 hectares total land including meadows, gardens, and pasture
- Equestrian stable complex with indoor stalls, tack room, paddock, and large pasture
- Harvia sauna, changing room, and shower in main house wellness area
- Wood-burning stoves and pizza oven in kitchen; air-to-air heat pump for year-round comfort
- Direct path to the Västerdalälven river; sandy beach lake under 200 meters away
- Front-row Northern Lights viewing from the property, October through March
- Established fruit trees, berry bushes, greenhouse, vegetable garden, and root cellar
- Two large multifunctional barns, atelier, former carpentry workshop, and multiple sheds
- Natural springs providing water to garden and livestock areas
- Recently completed structural inspection — report available to buyers
- Adjacent to Hästingsflotten nature reserve with hiking, biking, and ski trails
- 20 minutes to Vansbro, approx. 60 minutes to Falun
Properties like Storstensgård appear on the market perhaps once a decade. Get in touch through Homestra today to request the full inspection report, arrange a viewing, or speak with our Sweden specialists about the buying process for international purchasers. This one rewards the buyer who moves first.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 161m²
- Price per m²
- €1,975
- Garden size
- 44000m²
- 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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