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I am a 30 years old german living on a farm in central sweden (Värmland). I moved to this place around 3.5 years ago and since then I am constantly working on it to renovate the houses and bring the land, garden and forest back in shape.
My goal is to build this place up for my future family and i wish to have other friends with their kids around to help each other as much as possible. My goal is also to become offgrid and self-sufficient as much as possible. I am living together on the farm with my girlfriend Vanessa from Germany. We also have a cat and around 20 chickens. Next year we are planning to get cows aswell to get our own raw milk.
Since Summer 2025 we also have a farmshop where we sell ecologically products. Our own products but also products we buy in from other local farms and producers. We like the tought of building up a healthy business network where we support each other.
On the farm we are working on many different projects. We do gardening, forest work, carpentry and many other activities. I also work on creating a homegym which will become a place for training & meditation which is an important part of my life and on the farm.
The farm is surrounded by forests, fields, rivers and hills. The next bigger lake is about 500m away and there you have the possibility to swim, fish and enjoy the calm enviroment. We often times take cold swims at a creek just 100m away from the farm which is very refreshing.
There is much more to say and to show so feel free to write me a message and I hope for a good exchange! :)
Thorben
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Forestry, learning how to do carpentry, gardening, learning how to become self-sufficient.. enjoying the Swedish country.
Help
Working in the garden, helping with renovating the house, building a sauna, building traditional swedish fences, working in the forest (producing firewood), cooking meals for each other, cutting gras and so on.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Learning swedish and norwegian (maybe Danish also)
Accommodation
You will sleep rather in our guesthouse, in a caravan or in a tinyhouse. We can cook together, can go to the local gym or sauna or enjoy the evenings around a campfire.
What else ...
My farm is surrounded by large forests, not far is a little mountain with a little restaurant and a wonderful view (it was a Vulcane in ancient times), you can go fishing on one of the big lakes around my farm, maybe spotting a moose or other animals ... in the closest town (Sunne) is a Museum of the Author Selma Lagerlöf that you can visit.
Closest bigger city is Karlstad or Oslo (Norway)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have a mobile phone with almost unlimited Dataspace which can be function as a WIFI-Hotspot. Connection is usually very good (4G), Videos and other things are loading fluid.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
We have a cat and chickens so we must be careful with dogs.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We picked apples from the neighbor, got raw milk from a farm in the village, went to the sauna and went to the local loppis. It was cool to cook and bake bread with the wood stove and to eat elk meat that… read more
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We picked apples from the neighbor, got raw milk from a farm in the village, went to the sauna and went to the local loppis. It was cool to cook and bake bread with the wood stove and to eat elk meat that… read more
Keen to go back there next time I'm in Scandinavia!
During my stay I helped process firewood, construct firewood shelters, some plumbing, some carpentry on the house, and gardening too. There is… read more
