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It has become fashionable going out into the silence - To find a quiet sanctuary with plenty of time for contemplation.
The Croft in Sweden is the sanctuary for our family - Where we can "hide" during the year from a hectic everyday life, and get the mental batteries recharged.
Here We have fresh air, silence and nature ad libitum, as well as plenty of water for canooing and fishing...
Geographically, the Croft are located 1 km south of the town of Mårdaklev, the southernmost part of the Väster Götaland County, between Lake Storsjön and the river Ätran.
The croft that You are visiting are located on the south-facing slope of the river valley, and the property consists of this house, as well as another older cottage. The other cottage is reportedly the oldest house in the parish, and originally originated as an retiring cottage (Backa stuga) to a soldiers' croft. This can be dated back to the end of the 1700s.
Generally there is a good distance between the houses in the area, as the valley is located in the most sparsely populated municipality in all of southern Sweden. So the cottages happens to be quite undisturbed
There is about 1 km, as the crow flies, to Storsjön. And below, just cross the road and a meadow. You will stand on the banks of the river Ätran, just about 200 meters away.
We have a canoe for the use of Our visitors, located at the end of Storsjøen. The distance is cirka 3 km. See directions.
But in our family, it's all just called "torpet", and then we knows what it's all about...
The internet are from 2025 approached by satellites, after several years trying out all other known suitable platforms - Unfortunately, there are no alternatives to this system at this time.
Please do not touch the satellite antennas, or shut down any of the internet and WIFI related equipment in the house.
The radiators should be turned off directly, and not on the WIFI plug in the power outlets. Do not unplug any of the WIFI devices, as they er ment to remote control the radiators. At departure please leave the radiators turned on, to comfort the next visitors.
The webcams are placed to secure the area against both material damage from unwanted visitors or weather conditions, whenever the cottages are standing without guests.
Even though the cameras are lit, they are turned backwards, as soon as our guests are expected in the area.
If We by accident forget this, please send a text.
You might as a visitor see that the webcam are facing the parking area on time of supposed arrival and departure though. They will be turned away, as soon as we experience this.
Please dont feel disturbed, as there are not any intentions of surveillance on our guest's.
Any questions can be send via phone 0045 40 19 74 26, or email: Skovgaard@vildmarksbassen.dk
There is a general requirement for sorting of waste in Sweden.
The municipality of Svenljunga is known for strictly adhering to proper sorting of waste. If we do not comply with the sorting rules, the waste bins will not be emptied. This means that they will remain full for both you and the guests after you, until the next time emptying.
Therefore we kindly ask you to sort out all of your waste as best possible, according to the pictograms shown on the waste bins.
If children go out with the waste, we ask you as an adult, to open the bins and check the sorting once in a while. A check of the sorting in the bins shortly before departure, will also be a nice gesture for the next guests. Disposable gloves are provided in the hallway for this purpose.
If you do not wish to redeem cans and bottles with either swedish or danish deposit, they may be placed in the grey metal bin for this purpose.
Please compress all other types of soda and beer cans, so that they take up as little space as possible in the waste bins.
Larger packaging from other purchases should be dropped off at the recycling station, on the right at Mårdaklev's city limits. The GPS position on Google maps are; 57.245506, 12.978965
Thank you in advance, for helping both the other guests and Sweden, to take care of the environment 😊
As a visitor in Sweden you may meet these expressions about the vacation cottages that You live in.
Ødegård: Could be directly translated as an remote house.
Most people think that it is the geographical expression "remote" that lay behind the term, but we have to look back to the Nordic languages , where "øde" means both remote and abondoned.
When a house in a period has been abandoned, or rather been standing without habitants and its normal farming operation has gone, the sorrounding population often calls it abandoned even through new habitants are mowing in later on.
In Sweden this expression has been normal since the great emigration to America in the 18th century, where about 1/3 of the population emigrated.
So "ødegård" means thereby a "has been abandoned" but yet again populated house.
Torp: Has typically originated in the small dwellings in the past, as a place where the habitant lived or rather survived by cultivating a small piece of land, and supplemented the food by working for the farms in the valley.
This name clings to these small dwellings, and can best be translated into the English Croft.
Backa stuga: When the inhabitants of the croft became too old to run it, they could be fortunate enough to have a hut on uncultivated land. To live in on their old age.
This was typically on the valley side, where it was often dug into the slope of the Valley, so that the earth formed one or more of the walls. It was not the best conditions, but better than the House designated for the poor people.
"Backa" means hill, and stuga means a small hut. It was a logical name as many of these small huts, mostly were located on the hillside.
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