3-Bed Island House with 180° Sea Views & Private Boat Berth – Dalarö Archipelago



Edesön 38, Dalaröskärgården - Edesön, 137 70 Dalarö, Haninge kommun, Sweden, Dalarö (Sweden)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 80m² Floor area
€475,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
80m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
The engine cuts out. The boat drifts the last few meters to the berth, and suddenly the only sounds are the cry of a gull overhead and the soft knock of hull against wood. You're fifty meters from the front door of your own house on Edesön, and the whole of Jungfrufjärden is laid out ahead of you in a sweep of silver-blue water. This is how life on this island begins — not with a commute or a queue, but with a ten-minute crossing from the mainland that feels, every single time, like crossing into somewhere else entirely.
Edesön sits in the inner Stockholm Archipelago, accessible by boat from the car and boat parking at Skärkarlsedet on the Dalarö peninsula in Haninge municipality. That crossing is part of the property's identity. It's the reason the island feels genuinely private. No drive-by traffic, no strangers wandering past the garden. Just the island's own rhythm, the smell of pine resin warming in the afternoon sun, and the particular quiet that only comes when you're surrounded by water.
The house itself — a classic Swedish röd stuga with white corner trim — sits elevated on a natural plot of 1,120 square meters where bedrock, soft grass, and mature Scots pines coexist as they've always done here. The 50-square-meter main house was built with one clear priority: the view. Floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides of the open-plan living and dining area make Jungfrufjärden a constant presence, a living painting that changes with the light, the season, and the weather. On a clear winter morning, with the masonry fireplace crackling behind you and frost glittering on the rocks outside, it's the kind of view that ruins ordinary living rooms forever.
That fireplace anchors the entire interior. It's not decorative — in a place like this, with cold archipelago nights stretching well into April, it earns its place every week. The kitchen runs alongside the living space with ample worktop, a refrigerator, freezer, both electric and wood-burning stoves, and an oven. It's practical, well-equipped, and — crucially for a house this close to the water — it has a window that frames the sea while you're doing something as mundane as washing up.
A wraparound deck connects the main house to the rest of the plot. In summer, this deck becomes the actual living room: long dinners that start at six and finish at midnight, the grill going, sun loungers dragged into the last patch of evening light. The deck links directly to the guest house, about 15 square meters, sleeping two in a double and one in a single bunk — good for a family with children or a couple of close friends. Then there's the sauna house, built in 2013, which does multiple jobs simultaneously: large electric sauna, shower room, a sofa-bed sleeping space, and a jacuzzi positioned outside for night-swimming and star-gazing after a proper sweat. A second, smaller guest cottage of 15 square meters with its own double bed sits behind the main house. In total, the compound sleeps seven to eight people comfortably across three separate structures, giving everyone their own space without anyone feeling far from the center of things.
The roof on the main house was replaced in 2012 with a modern metal roof — a meaningful upgrade in a climate where maintenance matters. The property comes with a building plan, and there is genuine scope to expand within local planning regulations, making this one of those rare second homes with room to grow over time.
As a vacation home in the Dalarö archipelago, the outdoor life here is absurd in its richness. The smooth rocks fifty meters below the house are made for jumping off into clear water in July. The island has walking trails that take you through the pine forest and out to viewpoints over the surrounding skärgård. By kayak or motorboat you can reach Kymmendö in minutes — a larger island with a summer grocery store and one of the most visited archipelago harbors in the region — or head southeast toward Gillinge and eventually Huvudskär, the outermost island before the Baltic opens up fully. Fishing for perch, pike, and Baltic sea trout is serious business out here, and the sheltered bays around Edesön are some of the best spots in the inner archipelago.
Dalarö itself, a ten-minute boat ride away, is one of the most historically significant coastal villages in the Stockholm Archipelago. The customs fortress at Dalarö skans, dating from the 17th century, still stands at the harbor entrance. The village has a proper grocery store, a fuel dock for your boat, a handful of restaurants serving fresh Baltic herring prepared the old way — rinsed in vinegar, fried in butter, served with sharp cheese and tunnbröd — and the kind of unhurried summer atmosphere that makes you immediately want to come back.
Stockholm is accessible by car from the Dalarö mainland in about 50 minutes via Route 73, and the city's Arlanda Airport can be reached in roughly 75 minutes. For an island property, the connections are genuinely good. Haninge municipality's Handen commuter station also puts central Stockholm within reach by rail for those who want to split time between city and archipelago without committing fully to one or the other.
Seasonally, Edesön rewards year-round ownership in a way that purely summer properties can't. The winters are cold and quiet, with occasional snow settling on the rocks and the sea freezing in the inner bays some years — a sight that genuinely stops you mid-sentence. Spring arrives slowly here, first as a lightening of the water color, then as the return of the eider ducks to the rocks below, then as warmth in the granite on the first real March afternoon. Summer is the obvious peak — endless evenings, regattas passing through Jungfrufjärden, the archipelago humming with wooden boats and the smell of sunscreen and coffee. Autumn brings fog and amber light and the silence of an island with fewer people on it, which its own kind of reward.
For international buyers approaching the Swedish property market, Edesön 38 represents a clear and well-defined opportunity. Sweden imposes no restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing real estate. Ownership of the boat berth and mainland parking is held through a shared facility arrangement — a common and well-established structure in the Swedish archipelago. The property is in good condition and ready for immediate use. Rental income potential, particularly during the peak summer months of June through August, is strong for this type of island property in the Stockholm Archipelago, where demand consistently outpaces supply.
Key features at a glance:
- 3-bedroom island house on Edesön, Dalarö Archipelago, Haninge municipality
- 180-degree sea views over Jungfrufjärden from the main living area
- Private boat berth on communal jetty included in the sale
- Mainland car and boat parking at Skärkarlsedet included
- 1,120 sqm natural plot with bedrock, grass, and mature pines
- Main house 50 sqm with masonry fireplace and wraparound deck
- Guest house 15 sqm, sleeping 3 (double + single)
- Second guest cottage 15 sqm with double bed
- Sauna house (2013) with electric sauna, shower, sofa bed, and outdoor jacuzzi
- Total sleeping capacity of 7–8 across three separate structures
- Metal roof installed 2012 on main house
- Approximately 50 meters to water and smooth rock swimming spots
- Building plan in place with potential to expand subject to planning approval
- 10-minute boat crossing from mainland; Stockholm ~50 minutes by car
- No foreign buyer restrictions under Swedish property law
This is a second home for people who want their weekends to feel categorically different from the rest of the week. It's for families who want their children to spend summers in saltwater. It's for the person who already owns a place in the city and knows, somewhere in the back of their mind, that they need somewhere that the city cannot follow.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a viewing — ideally by boat, which is the only way to arrive on Edesön that does the place justice.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 80m²
- Price per m²
- €5,938
- Garden size
- 1120m²
- 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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