Family home and garden - rural
Södermanland
We are a retired couple, ex teachers, living in a tiny village 20 km from Nyköping and Vagnhärad.
We pick up at both places. Vagnhärad is a 45 minute train ride from Stockholm. Our property includes around 7 ha of forest where we harvest firewood and timber for our house building project. Our five children left home years ago but visit with our 7 grandchildren frequently. Regine moved to Sweden from Germany a long time ago, and we are often visited by friends and relatives from there, which sometimes is tricky to coordinate time-wise with our much appreciated WWOOf guests.
Since years we have been building a new house from scratch on the property and since August 2024 we now live in it. There is still plenty of work around, landscaping, fixing up an old stable, taking care of the bees, harvesting, hauling, cutting and splitting firewood and sawing timber from our forest in our small saw mill. We have a vegetable garden and currently two bee hives. Our cat is rarely to be seen, but our dog, Schapendoes, is all the more active around our feet. Our property overlooks a lake only a few minutes away on foot.
Organic methods: Garden uses only biological methods with compost + mulching.
Certifications: Hobby large scale sour dough bakery, uses only organic flour but is not certified.
Current projects: Heating solely with firewood from our own grounds + small solar collector for hot water. Processing timber in our own small saw mill. A small vegetable garden gives us much appreciated greens. Three bee-hives make us self-sufficient in honey + some to sell.
Internet access available
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Forestry
Beekeeping
Wild foraging
Bakery
Green Building
Mechanics / tools / technology
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
7
Hectares
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17.3
Acres
Per
Member since 2022
Languages spoken:
English, German, Swedish
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 3 days
Södermanland
From the north: Vagnhärad / from the south: Nyköping
Reviews
Kolja
Germany
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May 2026
Per and Regine are very friendly, you can talk about every topic with them. They try the best that you have a good stay there. The work was quite fun, chopping wood, cleaning the barn and some gardening work. The scenery is amazing and you can explore the surounding nature very good. If you want to go to a nearby city, i would recommend to take the bus from Tystberga Trafikplats. I would definetely recommend this place!
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Marco
Italy
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July 2025
We are absolutely glad to have the opportunity to meet Regine and Per.
We all shared time and interesting activities with energy and discovered a lot about the surroundings of the area they live in but also about life in Sweden and its history. Easy to say, they are very kind and respectful listeners and we can say this is the kind of experience every woofer should have.
Thank you again!
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Gloria
Germany
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November 2024
Det var jättefint hos Per! Det var bra att prata på kvällarna, jobba i trädgården på dagarna och göra paus tillsammans. Båda Per och sin fru har en jättebra känsla för hur mycket man får jobba under dagen och vad man kan göra, så det fanns alltid omväxlande uppgifter. Jag kan rekommendera Per och sin familj som Wwoofing familj! Stor tack! :)
Jennifer
Germany
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October 2024
Die zwei Wochen Wwoofing bei Per und Regine waren eine wunderbare Erfahrung. Beide sind unglaublich warmherzige Menschen, die uns sofort das Gefühl gegeben haben, willkommen zu sein. Die Aufgaben, die sie uns anvertraut haben, konnten wir eigenständig erledigen, was wir als sehr angenehm empfanden. Von Haus streichen, Holzboden verlegen in der Scheune, über das Isolieren der Wasserleitungen bis hin zum Kartoffeln ernten und Pilze sammeln – es war eine vielseitige und bereichernde Zeit.
Besonders spannend war es, von ihrem beeindruckenden Bauprojekt zu hören: Über die letzten Jahre haben Per und Regine ihr neues Wohnhaus ganz aus Holz aus ihrem eigenen Wald eigenständig gebaut. Es war faszinierend, über die vielen Schritte dieses nachhaltigen Projekts zu erfahren.
Nach dem Abendessen hatten wir oft angeregte und interessante Unterhaltungen, was den Aufenthalt noch persönlicher und bereichernder gemacht hat.
Die Zeit ist leider viel zu schnell vergangen, aber wir freuen uns schon auf einen hoffentlich nächsten Wwoofing-Aufenthalt bei ihnen. Wir können einen Aufenthalt bei Per und Regine nur wärmstens empfehlen!
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Emilien
France
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August 2023
Had a very pleasant stay with Per and Regine who are very welcoming hosts. We cooked and talked a lot. There's a lots of different activities available so that leaves very little opportunity to get bored! Carrying wood around can get pretty physical sometimes. There are also woodcutting machines and various vehicles to maintain/repair. Overall I learned a lot about woodcutting, building, and about the Swedish life as a whole.
Bogsta is pretty remote and quiet. There were several visits from Per and Regine's children or neighbours and they are all very nice folks. There are several locations of interest that can be reached by bike: Öster Malma, Nynas slott, Stendörren, and I recommend all of those.
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Juan
Spain
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May 2023
From the beginning I felt as if I was part of the family, no more, no less =).
Per and Regina are very natural and honest people and, even if work can be physically demanding sometimes, I always knew what were we doing and why, so it was actually a good opportunity to make some exercise... with a purpose, something that not so usually happens when you live in an urban environment. Also my mind could always run on its own, so even splitting wood can be a very intellectual activity ;D.
Sometimes, one of their sons and his girlfriend came to work on the new house they were building; they were also very nice people, easy to live with, and the dogs are super friendly (if you like dogs, of course). There's also a cat living next to the working place, that is also friendly and nice company during the working hours. In the off time, the lake is two steps far from the house, but there are more places to walk longer distances, so everything is possible =D.
I'm definitely missing this place, and I hope I could return in the future. Our deep philosophical conversations were the best, and I could met some very nice and funny people =). I would recommend this place either for single WWOOFers or friends going together, but as it's quite an old house the best is going with people you already know, or just alone.
If you plan to WWOOF in Sweden and enjoy a familiar environment, this is definitely the place to be. 100% recommended.
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