A red wooden house with white trim stands by a driveway, surrounded by bare trees and green grass, under a cloudy sky, with outdoor patio furniture.
This cozy living space features a TV, stone fireplace, modern kitchen, wooden chairs, and a dining table with a floral cloth, laptop, and potted plant.
A woman in a light green jacket stands in a grassy field with scattered wildflowers, trees, and a distant building with a tower under a cloudy sky.
This cozy attic bedroom features a single bed with colorful bedding, a rug, wooden chest of drawers, a window with a plant, and soft lighting.
A cozy attic room with a single bed, several pillows, a desk cluttered with items, two chairs, a plant by the window, and soft lighting.
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Improve your Swedish and the biological diversity in Fjärås on the West Coast of Sweden

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  2026 

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  • Description

    Description

    I am a middle aged woman living on the country side on a small farm (1,6 hectares) and my two cats. I have 2 grown up kids who are not living at home anymore. My neighbours are having sheep on my farms pasture. I like cats, reading books and to write books, hiking in nice nature areas and to the top of mountains, learn about nature and other cultures.

    I am fluent in Swedish (mother tongue), English and German. Speak a little Spanish and French. I love my local area because it is a small-scale agricultural landscape, near a big lake and surrounded by forests suitable for mushroom picking in the autumn. It is only about 10 km to the ocean.

    It is also very close to a breathtaking cultural area which was once the bottom of the sea. It is easy to go to the city of Göteborg (Gothenburg) to feel the rhythm of the city or for cultural events. My relatives and friends also live close by.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Language practice
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Interests

    Interests

    Fitness
    Books
    Photography
    Languages
    Gardening
    Cooking & food
    Writing
    Animals
    Beach
    Nature
    Mountain
    Hiking
    Technology
    Politics / Social justice
    Sustainability
    Pets
    Self development
    Movies & TV
    Charity work
    Culture
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I will be happy to practice Swedish with you, tell you all about Swedish culture and show you the natural and cultural heritage areas that are close by or go hiking with you in the surroundings if you want to. I will try to answer all your questions about this and that.

    You are welcome to come with me to visit my relatives and friends or join me when I am helping homeless cats through the NGO. I am an educated engineer with a lot of interest in nature. I am running an environmental consultant firm.

  • Help

    Help

    I intend to raise the biological diversity on my small little hobby farm (only 1,6 hectares) and live more sustainable through gardening. The chores that I need help with during 2026 is for instance:

    - Gardening: to plant some more fruit trees or nut trees, plant vegetables and do weeding in the garden (I grow some berry bushes, flowers, fruit trees and vegetables for my own use), take care of the very small harvest and do weeding. Improve the fence of the gardening area. It is not a very big garden.

    - House maintenance, like painting the white stripes of the house and the barn, cleaning up in the barn (sweep the floor, clean the windows), cut firewood, mow and clear the small meadow areas. The house and the barn are built in 2018 so it is all very fresh).

    I am engaged in an NGO that helps homeless cats, so if there is not so much to do on the farm there is a possibility to help catching and taking care of homeless cats or sell second hand things from the barn in benefit of the homeless cats.

    During the weekdays you will have to do the tasks on your own, but when I am not working we can do the things together. I will always be able to show you how to perform the tasks. I am able to work from home if necessary as well.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Swedish: Fluent
    Spanish: Beginner
    French: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I love to speak different languages.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    I have 3 spare bedrooms in the house. The 3 bedrooms share one bathroom on the same floor and there is also an extra bathroom downstairs, which is also shared with me. There are in all 2 showers and a bath tub. The kitchen is shared by everyone. I think it is nice to eat the meals together whenever possible. Would be great if we can share the cooking as well (eather we cook together or different persons cook for everyone different days).

    I love cooking and can teach you many Swedish recipes. I cannot eat gluten, so I appreciate if we can cook gluten free food for all as much as possible, but of course I will by bread, hamburger bread, pasta and other food that doesn´t taste so good for someone who doesn´t have to eat gluten free, no problem. I eat meat and fish, but also like vegetarian and vegan food, so it will be no problem to cook that kind of food for everyone if you are vegetarian och vegan.
    There is am open fire place in the house and also possible to make fire outside.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There is a bus going 8 times a day, that stops 5 minutes by foot from the house. But it is convenient to have your own car if you want to travel around. I can also bring you to places with my car when I am not working.

    There are many nice nature areas close by, like one or southern Sweden´s highest water fall, the nature reserve Fjärås Bräcka, a cultural heritage showing how people lived in the 16th and 17th centuries and many nice places to swim or to take a walk by the ocean, there are both sandy beaches and cliffs. A little further away, but still suitable for a daytrip, are all the tourists site of Göteborg, or the fortresses in Varberg or Marstrand.

    I have cats and there are horses and sheep close by, so if you have a pet allergy it won´t work.
    Only non smokers. No drugs in the house or on the farm (1-2 glasses of alcohol once a week is ok).

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    1000 GB internet, less in the bedrooms and if using the wifi

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There is room for one van on the farm. It is possible to put tents in the garden.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Gizmo

    House cat

    Skraallan

    House cat

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This cozy living space features a TV, stone fireplace, modern kitchen, wooden chairs, and a dining table with a floral cloth, laptop, and potted plant.
A woman in a light green jacket stands in a grassy field with scattered wildflowers, trees, and a distant building with a tower under a cloudy sky.
This cozy attic bedroom features a single bed with colorful bedding, a rug, wooden chest of drawers, a window with a plant, and soft lighting.
A cozy attic room with a single bed, several pillows, a desk cluttered with items, two chairs, a plant by the window, and soft lighting.
A red wooden house with white trim stands by a driveway, surrounded by bare trees and green grass, under a cloudy sky, with outdoor patio furniture.

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