Lakeside Holiday Home on 3,196 sqm in Morhagen, Sunnansjö — Second Home in Dalarna



Morhagsvägen 70 & 72, Morhagen, 770 10 Sunnansjö, Ludvika, Sweden, Sunnansjö (Sweden)
1 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 40m² Floor area
€97,500
House
No parking
1 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
40m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early July morning. You push open the glazed veranda door and the birch forest breathes cool air straight into the kitchen. Somewhere across the water, a loon calls. The wood stove still holds last night's warmth. This is what mornings at Morhagsvägen 70 & 72 actually feel like — and once you've had a few of them, going back to the city gets harder every time.
Sunnansjö sits in the Ludvika municipality of Dalarna, one of Sweden's most storied provinces, and this particular corner of it rewards the people who find it. The property sits in Morhagen, a small lakeshore community right on the edge of Lake Väsman — a deep, clean glacial lake that locals have been swimming, fishing, and paddling on for generations. The house itself is compact and well-kept, around 40 square metres, but the land it comes with is anything but small. Two separate cadastral plots — Sunnansjö 108:24 at 1,643 sqm and Sunnansjö 108:25 at 1,553 sqm — combine for just over 3,196 sqm of mixed lawn and natural woodland. That's a lot of Sweden to call your own.
The cottage is designed with the kind of honest practicality that Scandinavian summer houses do best. Open-plan living room and kitchen keep things social — you're never marooned in a separate room while everyone else is talking. A wood-burning stove anchors the living area, and on grey October afternoons when the light drops early and the forest goes quiet, it earns its place completely. The bedroom is comfortable and private, and the bathroom comes with an eco-friendly incineration toilet — sensible for a property this size in this setting, and entirely maintenance-friendly for owners who aren't here every week.
The glazed veranda is where you'll spend most of your waking hours. Facing out toward the garden and the trees, it extends the living space through three seasons without any real effort. Morning coffee, long lunches, after-swim towel-dry sessions — it handles all of it. Large windows throughout the main cottage pull in natural light and give you forest views from almost every angle.
What makes this property more interesting than a straightforward one-bedroom cabin is what else sits on the land. A two-storey barn — a traditional Swedish herebre — has been converted into guest sleeping quarters, with custom-built beds on the upper floor. Slightly rustic, genuinely characterful, and perfect for kids or guests who actually want a bit of adventure rather than just another hotel-style room. A separate smaller cottage currently runs as a workshop but has a built-in bunk bed already in place, so reverting it to guest use is a simple conversation rather than a construction project. An outdoor toilet adjacent to this building gives guests their own facilities. There's also a practical tool and storage shed for kayaks, fishing gear, skis, and all the equipment that life in this landscape tends to accumulate.
Dalarna as a region carries real weight in Swedish culture. The Midsommar celebrations here — particularly around Lake Siljan to the north — draw people from across the country. The Vasaloppet cross-country ski race, the world's oldest and largest at 90 kilometres, starts in Sälen and finishes in Mora, both within comfortable driving range. But day-to-day life around Sunnansjö doesn't need a festival to justify itself. The forests behind the property are thick with chanterelles from late July through September — locals know which clearings, and after a season or two, you will too. Blueberries arrive earlier, coating the low scrub along every forest trail.
Lake Väsman is swimmable and genuinely lovely for kayaking. The water is clear, the shoreline is quiet, and the sunsets — viewed from the veranda or from a canoe mid-lake — have a particular quality that Dalarna's long summer evenings make possible. Fishing here yields pike and perch without much drama. Winter changes the picture entirely: the lake freezes, the trails go white, and the cross-country skiing network at Ljungåsen and Gyllbergen opens up, including lit evening tracks that let you go out after dark when the air is cold and the stars are sharp. Downhill skiing at Romme Alpin near Borlänge and Säfsen outside Filipstad are both around 40 minutes by car — close enough for a day trip, far enough that the crowds don't arrive at your door.
For day-to-day needs, the village of Sunnansjö is a short drive and has a grocery store and café. Ludvika town centre — 15 minutes away — covers everything else: supermarkets, restaurants, a hospital, hardware stores, and a train station with connections toward Stockholm (roughly 2.5 to 3 hours by rail) and Gothenburg. Falun and Borlänge, Dalarna's main urban centres, are around 45 minutes west.
For international buyers, Sweden has no restrictions on foreign property ownership, and the purchase process is relatively straightforward with a licensed estate agent and a bank-issued mortgage if needed. The property is sold in good condition and move-in ready — no renovation budget required before your first summer. The dual-plot structure also gives future flexibility: the second plot could potentially be developed separately, subject to municipal planning approval, though many buyers will simply want the land as a buffer and a garden.
At 97,500 EUR, this is one of the more accessible entry points into Swedish lakeside property. Comparable holiday homes on Lake Väsman and similar Dalarna lakes have seen steady interest from both domestic and international buyers over the past several years, driven partly by the post-pandemic shift toward second-home ownership and the enduring appeal of Swedish countryside life. Rental income is a realistic option for weeks you're not in residence — Dalarna attracts visitors year-round, and a well-maintained cabin with lake proximity and ski access rents reliably.
Key features at a glance:
- Year-round holiday house in good condition, approximately 40 sqm
- Two plots totalling 3,196 sqm of mixed lawn and birch woodland
- Open-plan kitchen and living room with wood-burning stove
- Glazed veranda with forest and garden outlook
- One bedroom, one bathroom with eco-friendly incineration toilet
- Converted two-storey barn with custom guest sleeping quarters
- Secondary cottage with bunk bed, currently used as workshop
- Outdoor toilet for guest use; separate storage and tool shed
- Direct proximity to Lake Väsman — swimming, kayaking, fishing
- Winter trail skiing at Ljungåsen and Gyllbergen; downhill at Romme Alpin and Säfsen (~40 min)
- Sunnansjö village amenities a short drive; Ludvika town centre 15 minutes
- Stockholm reachable in under 3 hours by train from Ludvika
- No foreign ownership restrictions; move-in ready condition
- Realistic rental income potential through all four seasons
If you've been thinking about a second home in Sweden — somewhere that actually delivers on the promise of birch forests, cold lakes, and the particular silence of a Dalarna winter — this property on Morhagsvägen is worth a serious look. The lifestyle it offers isn't aspirational. It's already here, and it's been running quietly for years. The current owners are simply ready to pass it on.
Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or request the full property documentation. Properties at this price point on Lake Väsman don't sit for long, and this one has genuine breadth — the land, the outbuildings, the year-round accessibility — that makes it harder to replicate than it looks on paper.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 1
- Size
- 40m²
- Price per m²
- €2,438
- Garden size
- 3196m²
- 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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