What does it cost to rent a cabin in Sweden? We crunched 8,600 weekly prices

Median weekly price, province by province

The table shows the median of advertised weekly prices in our catalogue (July 2026), plus the range where the middle half of the cabins fall: half of the supply sits between the two figures. Median means that the odd luxury house doesn’t inflate the number.

Based on 8,673 listings with weekly prices in SEK, at least 50 per area. The smaller figure is the range covering the middle half of the cabins (shown where the sample is at least 300). The table shows advertised base prices; promotions and seasonal surcharges are added by the rental site.

The clearest pattern in the table is the neighbouring-province discount: Blekinge sits thousands of kronor below Skåne for similar coastal scenery. Värmland and Dalarna offer lakeside settings for half the Stockholm price. Öland is noticeably cheaper than Gotland — and without a ferry booking. Search by area instead of a specific town and you see the whole range straight away on the map, letting the price pick the lake.

The seasonal curve: same cabin, double the price

The base price in the table is only half the truth: the week you choose decides the rest. We compared each cabin’s cheapest and most expensive advertised week, and the difference between provinces is striking: in Jämtland the median cabin is exactly twice as expensive in its priciest week as in its cheapest, with Dalarna just behind (1.9×). Along the coast the curve is much flatter: Skåne, Gotland and Västra Götaland swing around 1.4–1.5×.

The explanation is that the mountains and the coast have opposite seasons. The coast peaks from Midsummer to mid-August. The mountains peak at New Year, during the winter sports-break weeks (weeks 7–10) and at Easter, while mountain summer is low season with prime hiking conditions at half the price. That opens up two classic bargains: a mountain cabin in summer and an archipelago cabin in September. And for coastal holidays one rule always applies: week 33 is still summer, but prices have already turned downward.

What does a mountain week cost? Åre at Christmas as an example

Say you want to spend Christmas or New Year in Åre. The base price for Jämtland in the table (6,000 kr) won’t help you, because it reflects the summer weeks. Here is what cabins around the big ski resorts actually advertise for their most expensive weeks — in practice Christmas/New Year and the sports break:

Cabins within about 30 km of each resort (1174 in total). “Peak week” = the cabin’s most expensive advertised week.

A New Year week in Åre thus reasonably lands at 12,000–20,000 kronor for a normal-sized cabin, and the finest places near the lifts sit above that. Two things soften the blow: peak weeks are booked before autumn (don’t wait for a last-minute deal — around New Year in the mountains there rarely is one), and neighbouring resorts charge differently. Sälen and Idre peak a couple of thousand kronor below Åre and Vemdalen for otherwise comparable cabins. And with eight people sharing a 14,000-kronor week, it works out at 1,750 kronor per person for an entire New Year week. Compare that with mountain hotels’ nightly rates.

The size discount: bigger group, lower price per person

Cabin prices grow more slowly than the cabins. A cabin twice the size costs far from twice as much:

Per bed, the price falls from around 1,500 kronor a week in the smallest cabins to under a thousand in the largest. The conclusion for two families holidaying together: one big cabin beats two small ones, often by several thousand kronor a week — and you only pay one final cleaning fee.

Standard beats location, and the numbers show it

We also compared the median price for cabins with and without various amenities, and the result is surprising: standard drives the price more than the lakefront plot. Cabins marked as winterised cost nearly twice as much as the rest (a median of 11,700 vs 6,200 kronor), and a dishwasher coincides with around 45 per cent higher prices — not because the machine is expensive, but because it signals an all-round higher standard of house.

So what about the waterfront? The median cabin with its own beach actually sits below the catalogue’s midpoint. That’s not because the location is free (within the same area, the plot by the water always costs more than the neighbour further up), but because a large share of Sweden’s lakeside cabins are simple cottages. That is the whole secret for anyone renting on a tight budget: simple standard is the cheapest way to buy the best location. And conversely, for anyone who wants a dishwasher and underfloor heating: expect to pay more for the house than for the view.

Three trips, three budgets

1. 1Family with kids to Småland, week 28. A lakeside 6-bed cabin in high season: expect 7,000–9,000 kr for the week, plus final cleaning (about 1,000 kr) and possibly linen hire. Total budget around 9,000–11,000 kr. Book before spring if you want your pick of lakes. Småland has the largest supply in southern Sweden, so something is almost always available.
2. 2Group of eight friends to Åre, New Year week. Peak-week prices of 12,000–20,000 kr for a large cabin; median 14,000. Split eight ways, that is 1,500–2,500 kr per person for the whole week. Metered electricity can add a thousand kronor in winter. Book before October — the New Year week fills up first.
3. 3Couple to Österlen in September. Low season on the coast: fine cabins that cost 10,000 kr in July are now advertised around 5,000–7,000 kr, the sea is still swimmable early in the month and the supply is large. This is where you get the most coastal holiday for your money.

If you’d rather flip the question — “I have this much; how far will it take me?” — the Budget Guide does the maths for you: enter your budget, party size and type of trip, and see which areas fit.

Budget for the full cost

The weekly price is rarely the final total. Common extras with Swedish rentals: final cleaning (500–1,500 kr if you don’t clean yourself), bed linen and towels (often 100–200 kr per person), metered electricity in winter cabins, and sometimes a booking fee at agencies. Always ask what is included before comparing two prices: a seemingly cheaper cabin can end up more expensive once everything is counted. What is usually included — and what you should always pack yourself — is covered in our first-timer’s guide. And on stuga.se we never add anything on top: the price you see is the one on the rental site’s own page.

Renting out? How to price your own cabin

The same tables are your market analysis as an owner. Here is how to use them:

1. 1Find your corridor in the range. The middle half in the province table is your realistic price picture. A normal cabin in Småland belongs between 4,500 and 9,000 kr a week; where in that range it lands is decided by location, size and standard. Look up your own area on stuga.se and compare with cabins similar to yours; price yourself in the middle for your first season and raise once you have reviews.
2. 2Price the weeks differently, everyone else does. With a single year-round price you leave money on the table. On the coast, the high-season weeks bear 40–50 per cent more than May and September; in the mountains, New Year and the sports break are worth double the summer price. The median cabin in Jämtland does exactly that: 2× between its cheapest and priciest week.
3. 3Invest in what shows up in the price. Winterising nearly doubles the weekly price and opens up the entire winter season on top. A dishwasher coincides with 45 per cent higher prices. A sauna, proper beds and a good kitchen lift you into the upper half of the range. A new jetty hardly will.
4. 4Base your maths on a realistic season. Most privately owned cabins are rented out 4–8 weeks a year. Four high-season weeks at your province’s median price is a sensible first estimate: around 30,000 kr in Småland, double that in the archipelago. Thanks to Sweden’s standard deduction, the first 50,000 kronor a year are moreover often entirely tax-free.

The tax rules with worked examples, the insurance trap and the contract that prevents every argument are in our owner’s guide: Renting out your cabin — how much you get to keep.