3-Bed Swedish Country Home on 2.2 Hectares with Barn, 6km from Hudiksvall



Skogsta 15, 824 92 Hudiksvall, Sweden, Hudiksvall (Sweden)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 125m² Floor area
€192,000
Country home
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
125m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
The first thing you notice on a June morning at Skogsta 15 is the light. It hits the south-facing slope around five in the morning, floods through the glazed veranda, and turns the whole kitchen amber before anyone else in Hudiksvall is awake. The wood-burning stove is still warm from the night before. The coffee is on. Outside, the chickens in the old barn have started their morning racket. That's the kind of life this place makes possible.
Set on 2.2 hectares of gently sloping land just six kilometres from central Hudiksvall in Sweden's Gävleborg County, this three-bedroom country home from 1940 sits on elevated ground surrounded by birch forest, open grass, and a working barn that's earned its keep through the decades. It's priced at €192,000 — a rare entry point for this much land and this much sky in coastal central Sweden.
The house itself is 125 square metres across two floors, and it reads exactly as it should: solid, cared-for, practical without being cold. Walk through the front door and you land in a generous hallway — the kind where muddy boots and winter coats have their place. The kitchen has a proper island, a wood-burning stove for damp autumn days, and a full set of modern appliances including a dishwasher, oven, and extractor fan. It's not a kitchen you renovate; it's a kitchen you cook in. The living room on the ground floor has its own wood-burner and enough floor space for a real dining table, not an afterthought. A shower room with toilet and washbasin sits conveniently off the entrance level, and laundry facilities mean you don't have to choose between the countryside lifestyle and basic convenience.
Upstairs, two bedrooms — one currently doing duty as a walk-in wardrobe — sit alongside an unfinished attic that runs the full width of the roof. That attic space is the kind of blank slate that makes architects and amateur builders equally excited. Add insulation, a dormer window, maybe a small bathroom. Or leave it. It stores a season's worth of firewood and garden furniture without complaint either way.
The veranda is where life slows down. Glazed on three sides, it catches heat even in September, which in this part of Sweden matters. Sit there with the door to the deck open, watching the slope fall away toward the tree line, and the world genuinely quiets. This is not a metaphor. The nearest significant road noise is kilometres off. What you hear instead: wind in the firs, the particular silence of a Swedish afternoon in November, and in summer, the faint sound of someone rowing on the lake 2.1 kilometres west.
Speaking of water — Hudiksvall sits at the edge of the High Coast region, one of Sweden's UNESCO-listed natural areas, where the land is still slowly rising from the sea after the last ice age. The coast here is ragged and honest: granite outcrops, cold clear water, fishing villages like Enånger and Stocka where you can buy smoked whitefish directly off the boat. The sea is 4.7 kilometres from the front door. On a warm July day — and they do happen, reliably, in this part of Sweden — you can cycle from the veranda to a swimming spot in under twenty minutes.
Hudiksvall itself is small by city standards but punches well above its weight for everyday life. The weekly market on Storgatan carries local produce, preserves, and the kind of handmade ceramics that make you rethink what you actually need in a kitchen. The town has good schools, a hospital, multiple supermarkets, and a rail connection that puts Gävle 90 minutes south and Stockholm under three hours. Internationally, the nearest major airport is Sundsvall-Timrå, roughly 90 kilometres north. The town also hosts Glada Hudik, a festival rooted in inclusion and music that draws visitors from across Scandinavia — it's genuinely joyful and completely unlike any arts festival you've probably attended.
Winters here are real. From December through March, the landscape goes white and the light turns horizontal and golden by early afternoon. The cross-country ski trails through the forests around Skogsta open up, and the wood-burners in this house go from optional to essential. That's not a downside — it's the whole point of a Swedish winter in a house with two stoves and a barn full of split birch. Come spring, the garden erupts: this south-facing, gently inclined lot is exceptional for growing. Previous owners have used sections for vegetable beds, berry bushes, and flower cutting. The soil, warmed by that long southern exposure, produces strawberries in July that taste nothing like anything in a supermarket.
The barn and outbuildings are genuinely versatile. The old stable section currently houses chickens, but it's been used for sheep and geese and could support small livestock again without significant work. Beyond the coop, there's substantial wood storage and general storage — the kind of space that makes outdoor living in Scandinavia actually workable rather than aspirational. Think tools, firewood, kayaks, snowshoes, and still room left over for a workshop bench.
Heating is handled by a trio of systems: an air-source heat pump, electric radiators throughout, and the two wood-burners. Running costs are manageable year-round, especially given the heat pump's efficiency in the shoulder seasons. High-speed fibre internet has been installed — a detail that sounds minor but is essential for anyone considering using this as a remote work base, which increasingly, buyers of properties like this are. Skogsta 15 works as a full-time residence, a seasonal retreat, a working smallholding, or some combination of all three.
For international buyers, Sweden has no restrictions on foreign ownership of residential property, and the purchase process is straightforward. Property taxes are modest, and the Swedish rental market — particularly for rural properties with land in scenic areas — has shown consistent demand from domestic holidaymakers and nature tourists. This property could realistically generate rental income during peak summer months while remaining fully available for personal use in the shoulder and winter seasons.
Key features at a glance:
- Three-bedroom country home, 125 sqm, built 1940, good condition
- 2.2-hectare (22,000 sqm) south-facing, gently sloping lot
- Glazed veranda and wooden deck for year-round outdoor use
- Kitchen with island, wood-burning stove, and full modern appliances
- Two wood-burning stoves across ground and living floors
- Shower room with WC, plus ground-floor laundry facilities
- Unfinished attic with conversion potential
- Barn with former stable, active chicken coop, wood shed, and storage
- Air-source heat pump plus electric radiators — efficient multi-season heating
- High-speed fibre internet installed
- Lake 2.1 km away; Baltic Sea coast 4.7 km from the door
- 6 km to central Hudiksvall; rail to Stockholm under 3 hours
- No foreign ownership restrictions; solid rental income potential
- Priced at €192,000 for land, outbuildings, and house combined
This is a property with a genuine character and the land to match — not a weekend cottage, but a place built for a life. Whether you're coming from Stockholm or Stockholm-on-Thames, the kind of space and quiet Skogsta 15 offers is increasingly hard to find at any price, let alone this one.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a private viewing or request a full property information pack. The summer calendar fills quickly for visits — don't leave it too long.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 125m²
- Price per m²
- €1,536
- Garden size
- 22000m²
- 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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