Early on a Saturday morning, the kitchen at Mutsunda byväg 2 fills with light before anyone else is awake. You pull open the window and hear nothing but birdsong and the distant lap of water against the shore. The greenhouse is already warm from the sun, the grapevines curling up the glass. Coffee in hand, you walk barefoot across the terrace and stand looking out over the lake. This is the kind of morning that makes you forget you ever lived anywhere else.
Set on a full 16 hectares of Swedish countryside just outside Norrtälje — roughly 70 kilometers north of Stockholm — this 1909 country estate covers 209 square meters of living space across four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and it arrives with a plot that most buyers only encounter in old novels: arable fields, forest, pastureland, a working greenhouse, a root cellar, a barn with a nine-meter ceiling, horse stables, and a private boat berth giving direct access to the Furusund archipelago. Properties like this, combining this amount of land with genuine architectural character and modern infrastructure, come to market rarely in this part of Uppland.
The main house has been lived in properly, and it shows in the best way. Original details from the early twentieth century are still intact — the proportions of the rooms, the placement of windows to catch afternoon light, the way the ground floor opens outward toward the terrace and the view. Downstairs, a formal dining room connects to a living room with an open fireplace, and a separate family room spills out onto that south-facing terrace. On grey November afternoons the fireplace earns its keep. In July, nobody uses it — everyone is outside until ten at night. Upstairs, the four bedrooms look out over the fields and forest, quiet enough that the loudest sound most nights is wind in the spruce trees.
The kitchen has been updated with modern appliances and generous storage while keeping the rural character of the building intact. It feeds directly into daily life here, because the land genuinely produces: the garden includes mature apple and pear trees, a greenhouse large enough for grapes and tomatoes, and raised beds that past owners have used for everything from root vegetables to cut flowers. Heating is handled by a geothermal system with a new boiler installed in 2023 — energy costs are low by any standard, and the system runs quietly year-round.
That outbuilding deserves its own paragraph. Originally built in the 1940s and kept in excellent condition, it contains workshops, a heated garage, a four-stall stable with a dedicated pony box, and a barn whose ceiling clears nine meters at its peak. The land around it is divided thoughtfully: six hectares of arable fields, four of pasture, five of mixed forest. If you want to run horses, the infrastructure is already here. If you want to grow crops or lease the fields to a local farmer — which several owners in this area do — that works too. The forest offers firewood, wildlife corridors, and the particular silence you only find once you're a few hundred meters from any road.
Norrtälje itself is fifteen minutes by car and considerably more interesting than a town of its size has any right to be. The harbour fills with wooden boats through the summer. The Saturday market on Lilla Brogatan sells vendace from Lake Mälaren, locally smoked sausage, and early-season strawberries in June that are absurdly good. Norrtälje has a well-regarded arts scene — the Norrtälje Konsthall draws international exhibitions — and a food culture anchored in the ingredients the surrounding archipelago produces. Surströmming is taken seriously here, as it should be. The Roslagen coastal trail passes through the municipality, and cyclists come specifically to ride the quiet roads between Norrtälje and Rimbo.
The archipelago access via the included boat berth at the local association is genuinely significant. Furusund sits roughly 25 kilometers from Norrtälje by water — a chain of islands, passages, and open bays that draws Stockholm's sailing community every summer and stays navigable well into September. Having a berth included removes one of the main practical headaches of archipelago life. From here, reaching the outer skerries for a day's fishing or anchoring for a night off Arholma is an actual option, not a hypothetical one.
Stockholm is close enough for a day trip and far enough away not to intrude. The E18 motorway puts the city within 75 to 90 minutes depending on traffic, and that gap matters — the countryside around Norrtälje stays genuinely rural precisely because it's not suburban commuter territory. Arlanda airport is about 55 kilometers southwest, which makes this realistic as a second home for European buyers who want Sweden without the complexity of a long domestic connection.
For international buyers, Sweden's property market is open and transparent. There are no restrictions on foreign ownership of residential or agricultural land. The legal process is handled through a licensed estate agent and follows a clear exchange-and-completion structure that most European buyers find straightforward. Property taxes on a holding of this type are modest by Western European standards. The municipality of Norrtälje falls within Stockholm County, which means planning frameworks, registration processes, and utility connections are well-regulated and efficient.
Rental potential exists for buyers who want income during periods they're not in residence. Rural estates of this scale and quality — with stables, outbuildings, and archipelago access — command strong weekly rates through platforms catering to the Swedish summer rental market. July especially. Swedish families who want space, horses, and water access for two or three weeks are a consistent and willing market, and properties with this much land and infrastructure are harder to find every year.
The climate here follows a proper four-season rhythm. Winters run cold and white from December through February, with the lake occasionally freezing solid enough to walk on. Spring arrives in April with startling speed — the fields go from brown to green in about two weeks. Summer is genuinely warm, regularly touching 25 degrees Celsius, with long days that push light past ten in the evening. Autumn is arguably the most beautiful season, when the forest behind the house turns amber and copper and the air smells like woodsmoke and wet earth.
Key features at a glance:
- 1909 main house, 209 sqm, fully updated with geothermal heating (new boiler 2023)
- 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, multiple reception rooms including open-fireplace living room
- South-facing terrace with direct lake views
- 16 hectares total: 6ha arable fields, 4ha pasture, 5ha mixed forest
- Large 1940s outbuilding with heated garage, workshops, barn (9m ceiling), 4-stall stable with pony box
- Greenhouse for year-round growing, mature fruit trees, root cellar
- Private boat berth via local association — direct access to the Furusund archipelago
- 15 minutes to Norrtälje town centre, 55km to Arlanda airport
- 70km from Stockholm city centre via E18
- No foreign ownership restrictions; transparent Swedish legal process
- Strong summer rental market for rural estates with water access
- Excellent geothermal heating system keeping operating costs low
- Rare combination of agricultural, equestrian, and coastal lifestyle in one holding
Properties at this address don't come back to market often. If you want to arrange a private viewing or ask specific questions about the land, the boat berth, or the practicalities of purchasing as an international buyer, contact Homestra today. We'll connect you directly with the information you need to move forward with confidence.
