There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over Tulka on a Tuesday morning in August — the kind where you can hear the barn swallows arguing over the hayloft, the distant chime of a buoy somewhere out on the Roslagen water, and nothing else. Stand on the southwest-facing terrace of this 1909 farmhouse with a cup of coffee and you'll understand immediately why families have been holding onto land like this for generations.
Set on two jointly taxed parcels totaling nearly 23 hectares just 6 kilometres south of Herräng village, this is a rare working estate in one of Sweden's most quietly coveted coastal farming regions. It's not a renovation project. It's not a fantasy. The bones have been here for over a century, and the current stewards have spent decades getting the details right — geothermal heat pump, solar panels on the barn roof, high-speed fiber run into the main house, an electric car charger by the outbuildings. The infrastructure is there. What you do with 22.87 hectares of Swedish countryside is entirely up to you.
The main house itself dates from 1909 and carries that particular weight of well-built things. Two storeys, six rooms, four bedrooms, two bathrooms across the estate. Original period details have been kept where they matter — the proportions of the rooms, the character of the woodwork — while the practical systems have been modernized without fanfare. Heating is handled by a ground-source heat pump that also supplies the guest house next door, so running costs stay manageable year-round even when Stockholm temperatures dip well below zero in January.
That guest house — locally called the brygghus, a nod to its original function as a brew house — is one of the estate's quiet revelations. Fully rebuilt in 2018, it runs to 90 square metres and functions as a completely independent living space. Visiting family from abroad, a long-term tenant covering running costs, an au pair, a creative studio for a partner who needs separation from the main house — the brygghus flexes to fit whatever you need it to be. For international buyers thinking about part-time ownership, this kind of built-in flexibility is genuinely rare.
Beyond the two houses, the farm center reads like a working rural estate should. There's a barn, a stable with five stalls, a wash bay, a dedicated feed room, a tack room with hot water — not a gesture toward equestrian life but actual infrastructure for it. A 21x33 metre riding arena sits just outside. Add to that a woodshed with a tractor garage below, a root cellar, and a 100-square-metre open shelter, and you have a property that supports genuine small-scale farming rather than merely gesturing at it. About 7 of the 22.87 hectares are pasture and arable land, much of it immediately adjacent to the farm center, making rotational grazing or kitchen gardening genuinely practical. The remaining 14 or so hectares are forest — Swedish mixed forest, which means pine and birch and the occasional red squirrel crossing the path between the woodshed and the tree line.
Outside the main house, a 16-square-metre gazebo sits in the landscaped garden alongside fruit trees, berry bushes, and flower borders that come into full colour by late May. The terrace faces southwest, which in Roslagen means catching evening light until nearly ten o'clock in midsummer. That's not a small thing.
Herräng itself is worth understanding. It's a working village with a marina, a grocery store, a restaurant — and one of Sweden's most famous cultural exports: the Herräng Dance Camp, a month-long international swing and Lindy Hop festival held every July that draws thousands of participants from across Europe and North America. The village feels alive in summer in a way that many coastal Swedish communities don't. The marina offers the possibility of securing a private berth, which opens up the entire Roslagen archipelago — one of the more extraordinary stretches of Swedish coastline, an intricate network of islands, inlets, and shallow bays that rewards anyone with a small boat or a kayak. There's a sandy beach right in Herräng for swimming, and the bay near Tulka itself is accessible on foot for fishing or a quiet afternoon swim.
For hiking, the forests around Norrtälje municipality offer well-marked trails through the Uppland landscape — flatter than the mountains of Jämtland but rewarding in a quieter way, especially in autumn when the birch trees turn and the mushroom season peaks. Speaking of which: the forests on this estate are your personal foraging ground. Chanterelles, porcini, lingonberries, blueberries. Swedes take this seriously, and with 14 hectares of your own woodland, you won't need to compete with anyone for the best patches.
Stockholm is roughly 100 kilometres south — around 90 minutes by car via the E18 and Route 76 through Norrtälje. Arlanda International Airport sits about 80 kilometres away, making this a realistic weekend-to-Sunday-evening proposition for international owners flying in from London, Amsterdam, or Berlin. The property sits outside the detailed development plan for the area, which means genuine potential to add additional structures with the appropriate permits — a possibility worth exploring with a local architect for buyers thinking long-term.
From an investment perspective, rural estates of this scale with working equestrian infrastructure in coastal Roslagen trade infrequently. The combination of the main house, fully independent guest house, and extensive outbuildings — all in good condition — creates options that a straight residential purchase simply doesn't: rental income from the brygghus, agritourism, equestrian boarding, or simply a property that a large extended family can actually use simultaneously without anyone feeling crowded. At the listed price, the land value alone makes the numbers worth serious consideration.
For international buyers, Sweden's property purchase process is straightforward by European standards, with no restrictions on foreign ownership. The transaction typically involves a licensed estate agent, a purchase agreement, and registration with the Swedish Land Registry (Lantmäteriet). Property taxes in Sweden are capped at relatively modest levels for residential use, and geothermal heating combined with the solar installation keeps annual running costs lower than comparably sized properties on conventional heating systems.
Key features at a glance:
- 4-bedroom main house (175 sqm) built in 1909 with preserved period character
- Independent guest house / brygghus (90 sqm), fully renovated in 2018
- Total estate area of 22.87 hectares across two jointly taxed parcels
- Approximately 14 hectares of mixed forest and 7 hectares of pasture/arable land
- Five-stall stable with wash bay, feed room, tack room, and hot water
- 21x33 metre outdoor riding arena
- Barn, woodshed with tractor garage, root cellar, 100 sqm open shelter
- Ground-source heat pump serving both houses
- Solar panels on barn roof and electric car charger on site
- High-speed fiber internet in main house
- Landscaped garden with fruit trees, berry bushes, and southwest-facing terrace with awning
- 16 sqm gazebo
- Walking distance to a bay for swimming and fishing
- 7 km to Herräng village, marina, beach, and grocery store
- 80 km to Arlanda International Airport, approx. 90 minutes to Stockholm
Properties like this surface once in a long while in Roslagen. The estate at Tulka byväg 10 and 12 is in good, move-in ready condition, meaning you're not buying a project — you're buying time. Time on the terrace watching the light change over the pasture. Time in the saddle. Time foraging your own land while the kids chase each other through the birch trees.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a private viewing or to request the full technical documentation. Serious international inquiries are welcome, and viewings can be coordinated with advance notice to suit buyers travelling from outside Sweden.
