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Hej!
There’s never a shortage of ideas or work to do! You’ll be helping with firewood, cleaning up and pruning the forest, and working in the garden, which has a stunning view of Lake Kallsjön and Mount Åreskutan.
In the summer of 2026, we’re also looking for a person or couple who could stay a bit longer—around 6–8 weeks—to help us start some larger projects in the forest.
In 2008, Mark and Mathilde moved to Sweden, and we still love living here. Today, our family includes two teenagers—Finn (15) and Sanna (12)—along with our dogs, Smokey and Peanut, and a few chickens. We live in a farmhouse surrounded by land and forest, which is a bit too much for us to manage on our own, so we’re looking for some help!
After years of traveling, we’re now excited to welcome fellow travelers to our home.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Self development
Pets
Sustainability
Van life
Farming
DIY & crafts
Plant care
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Animals
Camping
Nature
Water sports
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Dutch family that likes adventures, going for a fish, hike ore canoe trip and make a fire. We can learn you all about the country living lifestyle! We like to cook outside on a fire and of course the Swedish fika!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Looking for help chopping wood, mowing or/and helping with everything happening at our garden/land, taking out the dogs.
SUMMER 2026 to get started with some projects we can think us a couple or person that want to stay for 6-8 weeks.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You have youre own cabin in the forrest, close to the lake on our yard, 7 min. walk from our house. It has a livingroom and sleepingroom, a little kitchen where you can cook. There's no shower there but you can take it at our house. And of course you can use the lake to fresh up!
What else ...
We're living i Back with a awesom vieuw at the Åreskutan, the nearest village is Kall with a shop/petrolstation.
Järpen is 22 km away and has a service like bank/medical care, railwaystation.
Åre is about 50 km , Östersund (with the biggest cityarea, hospital and shoppingmalls etc) is 100 km away.
We can pick you up in Järpen at the trainstation.
If you want to enjoy the swedish wildlife, silence, natur, animals (moose, fox, rendeer, deers, birds), picking berrys, work some hours mostly outside, make a fire and some food and get fooled by the fact the sun is not going down... come and stay with us to make some memories.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
we have good wifi connection around the house.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
chickens
Peanut
Smokey
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We still think back fondly to her wonderful family and Mathilde’s amazing cooking skills! The kids keep asking for rhubarb juice ~ but sadly, it just doesn’t… read more
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We still think back fondly to her wonderful family and Mathilde’s amazing cooking skills! The kids keep asking for rhubarb juice ~ but sadly, it just doesn’t… read more
We loved to have Roos around our house! She very open minded, eager to learn and not afraid to work, learn and try new things. We did a lot of work together, good conversations, games,… read more
Thanks for the help around our house! Myrthe & Antonio are really easy going and eager to learn. They have been working and traveling a lot and know by a few words what the should do. Not afraid to take some own initiative. The go in all hearted with all kinds of work, a really good work mentality! We loved having you around in our life and… read more
I had various tasks like cutting grass, weeding, storing woods, ... I never felt like a worker but more like an helping… read more
They perfectly managed to let us be part of the family while giving us also privacy in the beautiful cabin on the lake.
Involving us in all of their activities gave us the chance to experience their lifestyle.
We mostly appreciated the work… read more
My stay at this wonderful place with an amazing view to Åreskutan, and a very lovely family, lasted 3 weeks. The work was very varied and fun. I did wood splitting, mowing, collecting cut gras, picking berries, a bit of harvesting,...
Marrik, Mathilde, Finn, Sanna and the dogs are a great, very open - minded and and friendly family and I… read more
Our main work was painting a cabin, where we lived and also we did a little wood chopping and picking berries. The work was funny and not very hard.
After the working day we spent time playing and painting with the kids, practicing our… read more
