It’s hard to imagine a more quintessentially Swedish construction than a traditional red house complete with colorful timbered walls and pristine white trims – and at the Hotell Grönfeltsgården in Karlskoga, there are three of them.

Grönfeltsgården was built on the northern shore of Lake Möckeln in the early 1880s by Felix Ferdinand Grönfelt, a veterinarian who cared for Alfred Nobel’s horses. These days, it’s a boutique hotel with just 16 rooms, each of which is individually decorated and cozy as can be – making it a suitably serene spot to round off a journey.

Jessica Morris visited Stockholm and Karlskoga in November 2025 as a guest of Visit Sweden.

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