3-Bed Architect-Designed House on Öland Island, Sweden – Year-Round Vacation Home



Törnbotten 113, 386 90 Mörbylånga, Sweden, Färjestaden (Sweden)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 93m² Floor area
€40,200
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
93m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand on the south-facing terrace at Törnbotten 113 on a late June morning and you'll understand immediately why Öland has been pulling people across the Kalmar Strait for centuries. The meadows ahead of you stretch all the way to the treeline of Mittlandsskogen, Sweden's largest contiguous deciduous forest. Swallows cut low over the grass. The only sound is wind moving through the stone wall that borders your plot. It's 7am and you're already outside, coffee in hand, with nowhere to be.
This is a genuinely rare find. An architect-designed, newly built home on a Swedish island that gets more sunshine hours than almost anywhere else in the country — and it's priced as a vacation home purchase, not a mainland city premium. The house at Törnbotten 113 sits in Färjestaden on the island of Öland, connected to the mainland city of Kalmar by the 6km Öland Bridge — one of the longest bridges in Europe and, frankly, one of the more satisfying drives you'll ever make, with the Baltic spreading out on both sides.
The architect behind this home is M. Rutensköld, winner of both the Red Dot Award and the Swedish Design Award. That pedigree shows in every decision made here, from the passage between the two building volumes — a direct nod to the traditional rad byar, the row villages that define Öland's historic landscape — to the vitriol-treated wood facade that will weather gradually to a soft silver-grey, the way old Öland barns do. This isn't a house trying to look Scandinavian. It actually is.
Inside, the ceilings climb to five metres at their peak. Natural light doesn't just enter the house — it moves through it, shifting from the south-facing living areas in the morning to the north and east-facing loft windows by afternoon. The custom-built kitchen sits adjacent to the main living space, separated enough by an island to give the cook some breathing room without cutting them off from conversation. The central fireplace in the living room isn't decorative. On an October evening when the temperature drops and the forest goes amber outside, you'll understand exactly why it's placed where it is.
Three bedrooms, including the loft — which is large enough to divide into a sleeping space plus a home office, or to keep open as a single generous room with views in two directions. A traditional kattvind storage space runs the full length of the loft, solving the eternal second-home problem of where to put everything between seasons. One bathroom. Ninety-three square metres in the main house, plus a fully finished 13.2 sqm annex — an open room with matched floors, walls, and ceilings that works as a guest room, an artist's studio, or a teenager's retreat. The building permit also includes approval for an additional 40 sqm annex, which can be added now or later.
The house is classified as a holiday home for administrative purposes, but it's built to year-round residential standards — proper insulation, energy-efficient construction, full functionality in January as much as in July. That distinction matters for buyers thinking about extended stays or eventual full-time use.
Öland itself deserves more than a paragraph, but here are the essentials: 55 beaches, including Böda Sand in the north, which is one of the genuinely great stretches of sand in Scandinavia — wide, pine-backed, and rarely as crowded as the more famous Swedish coasts. The island's flat terrain makes it ideal for cycling, and the Alvar, the great limestone plain in the south, is a UNESCO World Heritage landscape unlike anything else in northern Europe. In summer, the weekly market in Borgholm fills up with local produce — smoked Baltic herring, new potatoes from Öland's sandy soil, strawberries that ripen early here thanks to the island's exceptional sunshine. The Kräftskiva crayfish parties in August are a Swedish institution and on Öland they're taken seriously.
Färjestaden, the closest town, is eight minutes by car. Shopping, a harbour, a beach, cafes — everything a base needs without the noise of a larger town. Kalmar, directly across the bridge, gives you a medieval castle, a well-regarded art museum, a proper restaurant scene, and a main railway station with connections to Gothenburg and Stockholm. Kalmar Airport serves domestic routes and is roughly 20 minutes from the property.
For international buyers considering a Swedish second home, Öland offers something the more publicised archipelago markets around Stockholm don't always: space, accessibility, and a property market that hasn't yet been fully discovered by foreign buyers. Ownership structures for non-EU buyers are straightforward in Sweden, and the country's legal system provides strong protections. Rental income from summer lets on Öland is a realistic supplement, given the island's sustained domestic tourism — Swedish families book their Öland summers months in advance.
Key features at a glance:
- Architect-designed by M. Rutensköld, Red Dot and Swedish Design Award winner
- 93 sqm main house plus 13.2 sqm finished annex
- Building permit included for an additional 40 sqm annex
- Three bedrooms including a generous loft with kattvind storage
- Ceilings reaching 5 metres at peak height
- Central fireplace in the living room
- South-facing terrace connecting the two building volumes
- Vitriol-treated wood facade designed to weather naturally over time
- Adjacent to Mittlandsskogen, northern Europe's largest deciduous forest
- Year-round insulation and construction standards despite holiday home classification
- Eight minutes from Färjestaden's harbour, shops, and beach
- Access to all 55 of Öland's beaches including Böda Sand
- 20 minutes from Kalmar Airport
- Strong summer rental demand from Swedish domestic tourism
- Stone-wall-bordered plot with privacy screening and two parking spaces
The asking price is SEK 4,600,000, which includes the plot (SEK 850,000 of that figure is land value). Completion insurance and final inspection are arranged by the buyer separately. Sample images of the finished build and architectural drawings are available through the listing.
If you've been looking for a second home in Scandinavia that has a genuine identity — a house designed with intention, on an island with a real character, close enough to a city to be practical but far enough from one to actually decompress — this is worth a serious look. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full architectural drawings and specifications. Öland's summers go fast. The sensible move is to start the conversation now.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 93m²
- Price per m²
- €432
- Garden size
- 1270m²
- 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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